diff --git a/plexus-compilers/plexus-compiler-javac/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/compiler/javac/JavacCompiler.java b/plexus-compilers/plexus-compiler-javac/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/compiler/javac/JavacCompiler.java
index bbad6260..9b7b479f 100644
--- a/plexus-compilers/plexus-compiler-javac/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/compiler/javac/JavacCompiler.java
+++ b/plexus-compilers/plexus-compiler-javac/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/compiler/javac/JavacCompiler.java
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ else if ( ( buffer.length() == 0 ) && line.startsWith( "warning: " ) )
             }
             else if ( ( buffer.length() == 0 ) && isNote( line ) )
             {
-                // skip, JDK 1.5 telling us deprecated APIs are used but -Xlint:deprecation isn't set
+                errors.add( new CompilerMessage( line, CompilerMessage.Kind.NOTE ) );
             }
             else if ( ( buffer.length() == 0 ) && isMisc( line ) )
             {
diff --git a/plexus-compilers/plexus-compiler-javac/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/compiler/javac/ErrorMessageParserTest.java b/plexus-compilers/plexus-compiler-javac/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/compiler/javac/ErrorMessageParserTest.java
index b54b4128..2b05c0ee 100644
--- a/plexus-compilers/plexus-compiler-javac/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/compiler/javac/ErrorMessageParserTest.java
+++ b/plexus-compilers/plexus-compiler-javac/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/compiler/javac/ErrorMessageParserTest.java
@@ -124,6 +124,16 @@ public void testErrorMessage()
         assertThat( compilerError.getEndLine(), is(7) );
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testNoteMessage() throws IOException
+    {
+        String error = "Note: My fancy annotation processor info" + EOL;
+        List<CompilerMessage> messages = JavacCompiler.parseModernStream(0, new BufferedReader(new StringReader(error)));
+        assertThat(messages.size(), is(1));
+        assertThat(messages.get(0).isError(), is(false));
+        assertThat(messages.get(0).getMessage(), is("My fancy annotation processor info"));
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testUnknownSymbolError()
     {