A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
In the man page the description ot the options for the "bootclasspath" parameter are swapped.




EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
The description must be swapped for both options.

-Xbootclasspath/p:path Adds a prefix to the bootstrap class path.
-Xbootclasspath/a:path Adds a suffix to the bootstrap class path.
ACTUAL -
In the current javac man page.

-Xbootclasspath/p:path Adds a suffix to the bootstrap class path.
-Xbootclasspath/a:path Adds a prefix to the bootstrap class path.

URL OF FAULTY DOCUMENTATION :
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/tools/windows/javac.html