diff --git a/artifact/project.xml b/artifact/project.xml
index 847afe8b..07aa1855 100644
--- a/artifact/project.xml
+++ b/artifact/project.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@
   <id>maven-artifact-plugin</id>
   <name>Maven Artifact Plugin</name>
   <currentVersion>1.7-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
-  <description>Tools to manage artifacts and deployment. Requires Maven 1.1.</description>
+  <description>
+    Tools to manage artifacts and deployment.
+    *WARNING*: This version of the artifact-plugin requires Maven 1.1. People using Maven 1.0 should NOT use this version of the plugin.
+  </description>
   <shortDescription>Tools to manage artifacts and deployment</shortDescription>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org/maven-1.x/reference/plugins/artifact/</url>
   <issueTrackingUrl>http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MPARTIFACT</issueTrackingUrl>