diff --git a/html2xdoc/project.xml b/html2xdoc/project.xml
index fb0325b7..306cd93f 100644
--- a/html2xdoc/project.xml
+++ b/html2xdoc/project.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
   <gumpRepositoryId>jakarta</gumpRepositoryId>
   <description>Creates XDoc documentation from normal HTML documentation.</description>
-  <shortDescription/>
+  <shortDescription>HTML to xdoc transformer</shortDescription>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/html2xdoc/</url>
   <siteDirectory>/www/maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/html2xdoc/</siteDirectory>
   <repository>