diff --git a/releng.control/localBuildExample/checkout.properties b/releng.control/localBuildExample/checkout.properties
index ca20533..c4d229c 100644
--- a/releng.control/localBuildExample/checkout.properties
+++ b/releng.control/localBuildExample/checkout.properties
@@ -11,5 +11,3 @@
 
 checkout.wtpbuilder.clean=true
 
-
-
diff --git a/releng.control/localBuildExample/javadoc.properties b/releng.control/localBuildExample/javadoc.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3dbadd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releng.control/localBuildExample/javadoc.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+
+# the presence of this attribute, no matter it's value, will cause java doc generation to be skipped, for those java doc plugins that support it
+# (as of this writing, jst.doc.isv and wst.doc.isv
+
+skipJavaDoc=true
+