--- jsr166/src/jsr166y/ForkJoinTask.java	2009/08/06 23:08:50	1.42
+++ jsr166/src/jsr166y/ForkJoinTask.java	2009/10/22 08:19:44	1.45
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ import java.util.WeakHashMap;
  * exceptions such as {@code IOExceptions} to be thrown. However,
  * computations may still encounter unchecked exceptions, that are
  * rethrown to callers attempting to join them. These exceptions may
- * additionally include RejectedExecutionExceptions stemming from
- * internal resource exhaustion such as failure to allocate internal
- * task queues.
+ * additionally include {@link RejectedExecutionException} stemming
+ * from internal resource exhaustion, such as failure to allocate
+ * internal task queues.
  *
  * <p>The primary method for awaiting completion and extracting
  * results of a task is {@link #join}, but there are several variants:
@@ -511,6 +511,11 @@ public abstract class ForkJoinTask<V> im
      * Arranges to asynchronously execute this task.  While it is not
      * necessarily enforced, it is a usage error to fork a task more
      * than once unless it has completed and been reinitialized.
+     * Subsequent modifications to the state of this task or any data
+     * it operates on are not necessarily consistently observable by
+     * any thread other than the one executing it unless preceded by a
+     * call to {@link #join} or related methods, or a call to {@link
+     * #isDone} returning {@code true}.
      *
      * <p>This method may be invoked only from within {@code
      * ForkJoinTask} computations (as may be determined using method
@@ -776,9 +781,9 @@ public abstract class ForkJoinTask<V> im
      * overridable, but overridden versions must invoke {@code super}
      * implementation to maintain guarantees.
      *
-     * @param ex the exception to throw. If this exception is
-     * not a RuntimeException or Error, the actual exception thrown
-     * will be a RuntimeException with cause ex.
+     * @param ex the exception to throw. If this exception is not a
+     * {@code RuntimeException} or {@code Error}, the actual exception
+     * thrown will be a {@code RuntimeException} with cause {@code ex}.
      */
     public void completeExceptionally(Throwable ex) {
         setDoneExceptionally((ex instanceof RuntimeException) ||
@@ -1214,7 +1219,7 @@ public abstract class ForkJoinTask<V> im
     private static final long serialVersionUID = -7721805057305804111L;
 
     /**
-     * Save the state to a stream.
+     * Saves the state to a stream.
      *
      * @serialData the current run status and the exception thrown
      * during execution, or {@code null} if none
@@ -1227,7 +1232,7 @@ public abstract class ForkJoinTask<V> im
     }
 
     /**
-     * Reconstitute the instance from a stream.
+     * Reconstitutes the instance from a stream.
      *
      * @param s the stream
      */