diff --git a/announcement/project.xml b/announcement/project.xml
index fa022f9d..36642f66 100644
--- a/announcement/project.xml
+++ b/announcement/project.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@
   <id>maven-announcement-plugin</id>
   <name>Maven Announcement plugin</name>
   <currentVersion>1.1-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
+  <description>
+    The Announcement plugin generates release announcements. It uses the
+    information found in both the POM and in the changes.xml file to
+    generate the announcement text.
+  </description>>
   <shortDescription>Produce release announcement</shortDescription>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/announcement/</url>
   <issueTrackingUrl>http://jira.codehaus.org/BrowseProject.jspa?id=10470</issueTrackingUrl>