diff -r 2a8304e421ed -r 2814fa6977ac langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/doclets/internal/toolkit/Configuration.java
--- a/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/doclets/internal/toolkit/Configuration.java	Thu Oct 25 13:33:27 2012 -0700
+++ b/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/doclets/internal/toolkit/Configuration.java	Fri Oct 26 13:10:56 2012 -0700
@@ -408,11 +408,11 @@
                 group.checkPackageGroups(os[1], os[2]);
             } else if (opt.equals("-link")) {
                 String url = os[1];
-                extern.url(url, url, root, false);
+                extern.link(url, url, root, false);
             } else if (opt.equals("-linkoffline")) {
                 String url = os[1];
                 String pkglisturl = os[2];
-                extern.url(url, pkglisturl, root, true);
+                extern.link(url, pkglisturl, root, true);
             }
         }
         if (sourcepath.length() == 0) {