diff -r 3b4f92a3797f -r d6158f8d7235 src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/doclint/DocLint.java
--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/doclint/DocLint.java	Tue Jul 02 22:49:40 2013 +0100
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/doclint/DocLint.java	Thu Jul 04 10:35:33 2013 +0100
@@ -187,6 +187,8 @@
                 javacBootClassPath = splitPath(args[++i]);
             } else if (arg.equals("-classpath") && i + 1 < args.length) {
                 javacClassPath = splitPath(args[++i]);
+            } else if (arg.equals("-cp") && i + 1 < args.length) {
+                javacClassPath = splitPath(args[++i]);
             } else if (arg.equals("-sourcepath") && i + 1 < args.length) {
                 javacSourcePath = splitPath(args[++i]);
             } else if (arg.equals(XMSGS_OPTION)) {