diff --git a/java/plugin.jelly b/java/plugin.jelly
index a04c774d..edf1e572 100644
--- a/java/plugin.jelly
+++ b/java/plugin.jelly
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
           -->
       
           <j:forEach var="sm" items="${pom.build.sourceModifications}">
+            <j:set var="classPresent" value=""/>          
             <ant:available property="classPresent" classname="${sm.className}"/>
             <j:if test="${classPresent != 'true'}">
               <j:forEach var="exclude" items="${sm.excludes}">
diff --git a/java/xdocs/changes.xml b/java/xdocs/changes.xml
index 74b9fec7..a0318063 100644
--- a/java/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/java/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="1.6-SNAPSHOT" date="in SVN">
+      <action dev="ltheussl" type="fix" issue="MPJAVA-38" due-to="Ignacio G. Mac Dowell"><code>sourceModifications</code> handled incorrectly when more than one clause present.</action>
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="fix" issue="MPJAVA-43">Broken support for maven.compile.extdirs.</action>
       <action dev="carlos" type="add" issue="MPJAVA-40" due-to="Ron Gallagher">Make a report with compiler output</action>
     </release>
