--- xdocs/changes.xml	(revision 1839678)
+++ xdocs/changes.xml	(working copy)
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ 
 <ul>
     <li><bug>62211</bug>Fix HTTP Request Server Documentation. Contributed by orimarko at gmail.com</li>
     <li><pr>388</pr>Fix a typo. Contributed by Giancarlo Romeo (giancarloromeo at gmail.com)</li>
+	<li><bug>62446</bug>Counter documentation is wrong in required fieds. Contributed by orimarko at gmail.com</li>
 </ul>
 
 <h3>General</h3>
--- xdocs/usermanual/component_reference.xml	(revision 1839678)
+++ xdocs/usermanual/component_reference.xml	(working copy)
@@ -4236,10 +4236,10 @@ 
 </description>
 <properties>
         <property name="Name" required="">Descriptive name for this element that is shown in the tree.</property>
-        <property name="Starting value" required="Yes">The starting value for the counter.  The counter will equal this
-        value during the first iteration.</property>
+        <property name="Starting value" required="No">The starting value for the counter.  The counter will equal this
+        value during the first iteration (default 0).</property>
         <property name="Increment" required="Yes">How much to increment the counter by after each
-        iteration.</property>
+        iteration (default 0, meaning no increment).</property>
         <property name="Maximum value" required="No">If the counter exceeds the maximum, then it is reset to the <code>Starting value</code>.
         Default is <code>Long.MAX_VALUE</code>
         </property>
@@ -4248,9 +4248,9 @@ 
         If there is a problem interpreting the format, then it is ignored.
     [The default format is generated using <code>Long.toString()</code>]
         </property>
-        <property name="Exported Variable Name" required="Yes">This will be the variable name under which the counter value is available.  
+        <property name="Exported Variable Name" required="No">This will be the variable name under which the counter value is available.  
         If you name it <code>counterA</code>, you can then access it using <code>${counterA}</code> 
-        as explained in <a href="functions.html">user-defined values</a></property>
+        as explained in <a href="functions.html">user-defined values</a> (By default create an empty string variable that can be access using <code>${}</code> )</property>
         <property name="Track Counter Independently for each User" required="No">In other words, is this a global counter, or does each user get their
         own counter?  If unchecked, the counter is global (i.e., user #1 will get value "<code>1</code>", and user #2 will get value "<code>2</code>" on
         the first iteration).  If checked, each user has an independent counter.</property>