--- a/langtools/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/AbstractTypeVisitor6.java	Wed Jan 23 13:27:24 2013 -0800
+++ b/langtools/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/AbstractTypeVisitor6.java	Wed Jan 23 20:11:07 2013 -0800
@@ -49,6 +49,15 @@
  * visit method in question.  When the new visitor is introduced, all
  * or portions of this visitor may be deprecated.
  *
+ * <p>Note that adding a default implementation of a new visit method
+ * in a visitor class will occur instead of adding a <em>default
+ * method</em> directly in the visitor interface since a Java SE 8
+ * language feature cannot be used to this version of the API since
+ * this version is required to be runnable on Java SE 7
+ * implementations.  Future versions of the API that are only required
+ * to run on Java SE 8 and later may take advantage of default methods
+ * in this situation.
+ *
  * @param <R> the return type of this visitor's methods.  Use {@link
  *            Void} for visitors that do not need to return results.
  * @param <P> the type of the additional parameter to this visitor's