diff --git a/icu4c/source/i18n/cpdtrans.cpp b/icu4c/source/i18n/cpdtrans.cpp
index f77e4499168..aa6b71c7b3c 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/i18n/cpdtrans.cpp
+++ b/icu4c/source/i18n/cpdtrans.cpp
@@ -82,10 +82,13 @@ CompoundTransliterator::CompoundTransliterator(const UnicodeString& id,
  * ID.
  */
 CompoundTransliterator::CompoundTransliterator(UVector& list,
+                                               UParseError& /*parseError*/,
                                                UErrorCode& status) :
     Transliterator(EMPTY, NULL),
     trans(0), compoundRBTIndex(-1)
 {
+    // TODO add code for parseError...currently unused, but
+    // later may be used by parsing code...
     init(list, UTRANS_FORWARD, FALSE, status);
     // assume caller will fixup ID
 }
diff --git a/icu4c/source/i18n/translit.cpp b/icu4c/source/i18n/translit.cpp
index d3805121c08..5e5b9e56ba0 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/i18n/translit.cpp
+++ b/icu4c/source/i18n/translit.cpp
@@ -892,6 +892,8 @@ Transliterator* Transliterator::createInstance(const UnicodeString& ID,
     }
 
     UnicodeSet* globalFilter;
+    // TODO add code for parseError...currently unused, but
+    // later may be used by parsing code...
     if (!TransliteratorIDParser::parseCompoundID(ID, dir, canonID, list, globalFilter)) {
         status = U_INVALID_ID;
         return NULL;
@@ -909,7 +911,7 @@ Transliterator* Transliterator::createInstance(const UnicodeString& ID,
         t = (Transliterator*) list.elementAt(0);
         break;
     default:
-        t = new CompoundTransliterator(list, status);
+        t = new CompoundTransliterator(list, parseError, status);
         if (U_FAILURE(status)) {
             delete t;
             return NULL;
diff --git a/icu4c/source/i18n/unicode/cpdtrans.h b/icu4c/source/i18n/unicode/cpdtrans.h
index 546b546c865..f4cf9407c7a 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/i18n/unicode/cpdtrans.h
+++ b/icu4c/source/i18n/unicode/cpdtrans.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class TransliteratorRegistry;
  * <p>Copyright &copy; IBM Corporation 1999.  All rights reserved.
  *
  * @author Alan Liu
- * @version $RCSfile: cpdtrans.h,v $ $Revision: 1.27 $ $Date: 2002/02/20 00:01:30 $
+ * @version $RCSfile: cpdtrans.h,v $ $Revision: 1.28 $ $Date: 2002/03/01 21:56:40 $
  * @deprecated To be removed after 2002-sep-30.
  */
 class U_I18N_API CompoundTransliterator : public Transliterator {
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ private:
      * Private constructor for Transliterator.
      */
     CompoundTransliterator(UVector& list,
+                           UParseError& parseError,
                            UErrorCode& status);
 
     void init(const UnicodeString& id,