diff --git a/clover/plugin.jelly b/clover/plugin.jelly
index d2265ab6..4e19a857 100644
--- a/clover/plugin.jelly
+++ b/clover/plugin.jelly
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@
 
     <ant:clover-setup 
         initstring="${maven.clover.database}"
-        flushpolicy="interval"
-        flushinterval="500">
+        flushpolicy="${maven.clover.flushpolicy}"
+        flushinterval="${maven.clover.flushinterval}">
 
       <j:forEach var="srcDir" items="${srcDirs}">
         <ant:fileset dir="${srcDir}" 
diff --git a/clover/plugin.properties b/clover/plugin.properties
index 7650eba1..f5711235 100644
--- a/clover/plugin.properties
+++ b/clover/plugin.properties
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ maven.clover.build.classes = ${maven.clover.build}/classes
 # will be generated).
 maven.clover.database = ${maven.clover.build}/database/clover_coverage.db
 
+# Flush policies. See http://cenqua.com/clover/doc/adv/flushpolicies.html
+maven.clover.flushpolicy = threaded
+maven.clover.flushinterval = 5000
+
 # Default ordering for the generated Clover reports.
 maven.clover.orderBy = PcCoveredAsc
 
diff --git a/clover/project.xml b/clover/project.xml
index d835b9df..91055a2d 100644
--- a/clover/project.xml
+++ b/clover/project.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <pomVersion>3</pomVersion>
   <id>maven-clover-plugin</id>
   <name>Maven Clover Plugin</name>
-  <currentVersion>1.10</currentVersion>
+  <currentVersion>1.11-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
   <description>The Clover plugin allows measuring test coverage using Clover (http://www.cenqua.com/clover).</description>
   <shortDescription>Produce Clover reports</shortDescription>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/clover/</url>
diff --git a/clover/xdocs/changes.xml b/clover/xdocs/changes.xml
index ef030690..aec66730 100644
--- a/clover/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/clover/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
     <author email="evenisse@ifrance.com">Emmanuel Venisse</author>
   </properties>
   <body>
+    <release version="1.11-SNAPSHOT" date="in SVN">
+    </release>
     <release version="1.10" date="2005-08-07">
       <action dev="vmassol" type="update" issue="MPCLOVER-46,MPCLOVER-42">Upgrade to Clover 1.3.9.</action>
       <action dev="carlos" type="fix" issue="MPCLOVER-44">The
diff --git a/clover/xdocs/properties.xml b/clover/xdocs/properties.xml
index e48e2a83..96d83d24 100644
--- a/clover/xdocs/properties.xml
+++ b/clover/xdocs/properties.xml
@@ -268,6 +268,29 @@
              **/clover_coverage.db
           </td>            
         </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>maven.clover.flushpolicy</td>
+          <td>Yes</td>
+          <td>
+            The <a href="http://cenqua.com/clover/doc/adv/flushpolicies.html">flush policy</a>
+            that Clover should use to flush coverage data to its database.
+          </td>
+          <td>
+             threaded
+          </td>            
+        </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>maven.clover.flushinterval</td>
+          <td>Yes</td>
+          <td>
+            When the flush policy is set to <code>interval</code> or 
+            <code>threaded</code> this value is the minimum period between 
+            flush operations (in milliseconds).
+          </td>
+          <td>
+             5000
+          </td>            
+        </tr>
       </table>
     </section>
   </body>
