diff --git a/docs/docs.gradle b/docs/docs.gradle
index ed08903e2e..e420c4abf3 100644
--- a/docs/docs.gradle
+++ b/docs/docs.gradle
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ project('manual') {
 task apidocs(type: Javadoc) {
 	destinationDir = new File(buildDir, 'apidocs')
 	title = "Spring Security $version API"
+	logging.captureStandardError LogLevel.INFO
+	logging.captureStandardOutput LogLevel.INFO
 
 	source coreModuleProjects.collect { project ->
 		project.sourceSets.main.allJava
@@ -68,34 +70,34 @@ task apidocs(type: Javadoc) {
 	classpath = files(coreModuleProjects.collect { project ->
 		project.sourceSets.main.compileClasspath
 	})
-}
+	options {
+		outputLevel = org.gradle.external.javadoc.JavadocOutputLevel.QUIET
+		links = [
+			"http://static.springframework.org/spring/docs/3.2.x/javadoc-api",
+			"http://static.springsource.org/spring-ldap/docs/1.3.x/apidocs/",
+			"http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/"
+		]
+		groups = [
+			'Spring Security Core':[
+				'org.springframework.security.core*',
+				'org.springframework.security.authentication*',
+				'org.springframework.security.access*',
+				'org.springframework.security.remoting*',
+				'org.springframework.security.provisioning*',
+				'org.springframework.security.util*'],
+			'Spring Security Web':['org.springframework.security.web*'],
+			'Spring Security LDAP':['org.springframework.security.ldap*'],
+			'Spring Security Crypto':['org.springframework.security.crypto*'],
+			'Spring Security OpenID':['org.springframework.security.openid*'],
+			'Spring Security CAS':['org.springframework.security.cas*'],
+			'Spring Security ACL':['org.springframework.security.acls*'],
+			'Spring Security Config':['org.springframework.security.config*'],
+			'Spring Security Taglibs':['org.springframework.security.taglibs*'],
 
-apidocs.options.outputLevel = org.gradle.external.javadoc.JavadocOutputLevel.QUIET
-
-apidocs.options.links = [
-	"http://static.springframework.org/spring/docs/3.2.x/javadoc-api",
-	"http://static.springsource.org/spring-ldap/docs/1.3.x/apidocs/",
-	"http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/"
-]
-
-apidocs.options.groups = [
-	'Spring Security Core':[
-		'org.springframework.security.core*',
-		'org.springframework.security.authentication*',
-		'org.springframework.security.access*',
-		'org.springframework.security.remoting*',
-		'org.springframework.security.provisioning*',
-		'org.springframework.security.util*'],
-	'Spring Security Web':['org.springframework.security.web*'],
-	'Spring Security LDAP':['org.springframework.security.ldap*'],
-	'Spring Security Crypto':['org.springframework.security.crypto*'],
-	'Spring Security OpenID':['org.springframework.security.openid*'],
-	'Spring Security CAS':['org.springframework.security.cas*'],
-	'Spring Security ACL':['org.springframework.security.acls*'],
-	'Spring Security Config':['org.springframework.security.config*'],
-	'Spring Security Taglibs':['org.springframework.security.taglibs*'],
-
-]
+		]
+		addStringOption('-quiet')
+	}
+}
 
 ext.apiSpec = copySpec {
 	into('apidocs') {
diff --git a/gradle/javaprojects.gradle b/gradle/javaprojects.gradle
index 64086632bc..ebc01501da 100644
--- a/gradle/javaprojects.gradle
+++ b/gradle/javaprojects.gradle
@@ -186,6 +186,8 @@ jar {
 javadoc {
 	title = "Spring Security $version API"
 	source = sourceSets.main.allJava
+	logging.captureStandardError LogLevel.INFO
+	logging.captureStandardOutput LogLevel.INFO
 	options {
 		memberLevel = org.gradle.external.javadoc.JavadocMemberLevel.PROTECTED
 		author = true
@@ -213,6 +215,7 @@ javadoc {
 			'Spring Security Config':['org.springframework.security.config*'],
 			'Spring Security Taglibs':['org.springframework.security.taglibs*'],
 		]
+		addStringOption('-quiet')
 	}
 }