A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
In the part titled "Misc HTTP properties", under the sub-part named "http.auth.ntlm.domain", in the 3rd option the following sentence "If a domain name is not specified as in method 2) and these property is defined, then its value will be used a the domain name." should be replaced by "If a domain name is not specified as in method 2) and this property is defined, then its value will be used as the domain name."


URL OF FAULTY DOCUMENTATION :
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/net/doc-files/net-properties.html