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diff --git a/libjava/java/net/NetPermission.java b/libjava/java/net/NetPermission.java
index 593b635..6b796be 100644
--- a/libjava/java/net/NetPermission.java
+++ b/libjava/java/net/NetPermission.java
@@ -41,9 +41,21 @@ import java.security.BasicPermission;
/**
* This class is used to model miscellaneous network permissions. It is
- * a subclass of BasicPermission. This means that it models a "boolean"
- * permission. One that you either have or do not have. Thus there is
- * no permitted action list associated with this object.
+ * a subclass of <code>BasicPermission</code>. This means that it models a
+ * "boolean" permission. One that you either have or do not have. Thus
+ * there is no permitted action list associated with this object.
+ *
+ * The following permission names are defined for this class:
+ *
+ * <ul>
+ * <li>setDefaultAuthenticator - Grants the ability to install a facility
+ * to collect username and password information when requested by a
+ * web site or proxy server.
+ * <li>requestPasswordAuthentication - Grants the ability to ask the
+ * authentication facility for the user's password.
+ * <li>specifyStreamHandler - Grants the permission to specify the
+ * stream handler class used when loading from a URL.
+ * </ul>
*
* @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
*/