diff --git a/docs/assertions.html b/docs/assertions.html
index 4008844..a08bb40 100644
--- a/docs/assertions.html
+++ b/docs/assertions.html
@@ -440,11 +440,11 @@
 
     <h3>Examples</h3>
 
-    <p>Make the build fail if Ant's current Executor is not of type
-    org.apache.tools.ant.helper.DefaultExecutor:</p>
+    <p>Make the build fail if the reference <em>classpath</em> has not
+    been set or doesn't point to a &lt;path&gt;.</p>
 
     <pre>
-      &lt;assertReferenceIsType name="ant.executor" type="org.apache.tools.ant.helper.DefaultExecutor"/&gt;
+      &lt;assertReferenceIsType refid="classpath" type="path"/>
     </pre>
 
     <h2><a name="assertLogContains">assertLogContains</a></h2>
diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/assert.xml b/src/etc/testcases/assert.xml
index 4df83e6..e162728 100644
--- a/src/etc/testcases/assert.xml
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/assert.xml
@@ -167,15 +167,15 @@
 
   <target name="assertReferenceIsTypePass">
     <path id="foo3"/>
-    <au:assertReferenceIsType refid="foo3" type="org.apache.tools.ant.types.Path"/>
+    <au:assertReferenceIsType refid="foo3" type="path"/>
   </target>
 
   <target name="assertReferenceIsTypeFailNotSet">
-    <au:assertReferenceIsType refid="foo4" type="org.apache.tools.ant.types.Path"/>
+    <au:assertReferenceIsType refid="foo4" type="path"/>
   </target>
 
   <target name="assertReferenceIsTypeFailWrongType">
     <path id="foo5"/>
-    <au:assertReferenceIsType refid="foo5" type="org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet"/>
+    <au:assertReferenceIsType refid="foo5" type="fileset"/>
   </target>
 </project>
diff --git a/src/testcases/org/apache/ant/antunit/AssertTest.java b/src/testcases/org/apache/ant/antunit/AssertTest.java
index c293baf..9e4977f 100644
--- a/src/testcases/org/apache/ant/antunit/AssertTest.java
+++ b/src/testcases/org/apache/ant/antunit/AssertTest.java
@@ -71,8 +71,7 @@ public class AssertTest extends BuildFileTest {
     public void testReferenceSetPass() {
         testPass("assertReferenceSetPass");
     }
-    // fails, probably due to classloader issues
-    public void NotestReferenceIsTypePass() {
+    public void testReferenceIsTypePass() {
         testPass("assertReferenceIsTypePass");
     }
 
@@ -133,7 +132,7 @@ public class AssertTest extends BuildFileTest {
     }
     public void testReferenceIsTypeFailWrongType() {
         testFail("assertReferenceIsTypeFailWrongType",
-                 "Expected reference 'foo5' to be a 'org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet'");
+                 "Expected reference 'foo5' to be a 'fileset'");
     }
 
     private void testPass(String target) {