diff --git a/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/TestFmwk.java b/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/TestFmwk.java
index d7b929bfcb8..e577871a6f0 100755
--- a/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/TestFmwk.java
+++ b/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/TestFmwk.java
@@ -982,7 +982,7 @@ public class TestFmwk extends AbstractTestLog {
         public long seed;
         public String tfilter; // for transliterator tests
 
-        private State stack;
+        public State stack;
 
         private StringBuffer errorSummary;
 
@@ -1015,11 +1015,13 @@ public class TestFmwk extends AbstractTestLog {
          */
         public static TestParams create(String[] args, PrintWriter log) {
             TestParams params = new TestParams();
+            
             if(log == null){
                 params.log = new NullWriter();
             }else{
                 params.log =  new ASCIIWriter(log, true);
             }
+            
             boolean usageError = false;
             String filter = null;
             int wx = 0; // write argets.
@@ -1161,7 +1163,7 @@ public class TestFmwk extends AbstractTestLog {
             random = seed == 0 ? null : new Random(seed);
         }
 
-        private class State {
+        public class State {
             State link;
             String name;
             StringBuffer buffer;
@@ -1171,7 +1173,7 @@ public class TestFmwk extends AbstractTestLog {
             int ic;
             int tc;
             boolean flushed;
-            boolean included;
+            public boolean included;
             long mem;
             long millis;
 
diff --git a/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/serializable/CompatibilityTest.java b/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/serializable/CompatibilityTest.java
index a4dd0653e39..28bfafba1c1 100644
--- a/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/serializable/CompatibilityTest.java
+++ b/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/serializable/CompatibilityTest.java
@@ -88,34 +88,40 @@ public class CompatibilityTest extends TestFmwk
         
         protected void execute() throws Exception
         {
-            params.testCount += 1;
-
-            try {
-                ObjectInputStream in = new ObjectInputStream(inputStream);
-                Object inputObjects[] = (Object[]) in.readObject();
-                Object testObjects[] = handler.getTestObjects();
-                boolean passed = true;
-                
-                in.close();
-                inputStream.close();
-                
-                // TODO: add equality test...
-                // The commented out code below does that,
-                // but some test objects don't define an equals() method,
-                // and the default method is the same as the "==" operator...
-                for (int i = 0; i < testObjects.length; i += 1) {
-//                    if (! inputObjects[i].equals(testObjects[i])) {
-//                        errln("Input object " + i + " failed equality test.");
-//                    }
+            if (params.inDocMode()) {
+                // nothing to execute
+            } else if (!params.stack.included) {
+                ++params.invalidCount;
+            } else {
+                params.testCount += 1;
+    
+                try {
+                    ObjectInputStream in = new ObjectInputStream(inputStream);
+                    Object inputObjects[] = (Object[]) in.readObject();
+                    Object testObjects[] = handler.getTestObjects();
+                    boolean passed = true;
                     
-                    if (! handler.hasSameBehavior(inputObjects[i], testObjects[i])) {
-                        warnln("Input object " + i + " failed behavior test.");
+                    in.close();
+                    inputStream.close();
+                    
+                    // TODO: add equality test...
+                    // The commented out code below does that,
+                    // but some test objects don't define an equals() method,
+                    // and the default method is the same as the "==" operator...
+                    for (int i = 0; i < testObjects.length; i += 1) {
+    //                    if (! inputObjects[i].equals(testObjects[i])) {
+    //                        errln("Input object " + i + " failed equality test.");
+    //                    }
+                        
+                        if (! handler.hasSameBehavior(inputObjects[i], testObjects[i])) {
+                            warnln("Input object " + i + " failed behavior test.");
+                        }
                     }
+                }catch (MissingResourceException e){
+                    warnln("Could not load the data. "+e.getMessage());
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    errln("Exception: " + e.toString());
                 }
-            }catch (MissingResourceException e){
-                warnln("Could not load the data. "+e.getMessage());
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                errln("Exception: " + e.toString());
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/util/ICUResourceBundleTest.java b/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/util/ICUResourceBundleTest.java
index 533bb5562cd..3fba933b5a9 100644
--- a/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/util/ICUResourceBundleTest.java
+++ b/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/util/ICUResourceBundleTest.java
@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@ public final class ICUResourceBundleTest extends TestFmwk {
             i++;
         }
         if(i!=4){
-            errln("Did not get the expected number of keys");
+            errln("Did not get the expected number of keys: got " + i + ", expected 4");
         }
         UResourceBundle bundle4 = UResourceBundle.getBundleInstance(baseName,"fr_Latn_FR");
         if(bundle==null){