diff --git a/announcement/plugin.jelly b/announcement/plugin.jelly
index 6ead6fe5..c70fea18 100644
--- a/announcement/plugin.jelly
+++ b/announcement/plugin.jelly
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
     <!-- Ensure the directory where the announcement will be created exists -->
     <ant:dirname property="announcementDir" file="${announcementFile}"/>
     <ant:mkdir dir="${announcementDir}"/>
+    <ant:basename property="announcementFileName" file="${announcementFile}"/>
 
     <util:file var="inputFile" name="${maven.docs.src}/changes.xml"/>
 
@@ -154,6 +155,12 @@
       <ant:replace file="${file}" token="&amp;amp;gt;" value="&gt;"/>
       <ant:replace file="${file}" token="&amp;amp;lt;" value="&lt;"/>
 
+      <ant:fixcrlf
+        srcdir="${announcementDir}"
+        tab="remove"
+        tablength="4"
+        includes="${announcementFileName}"/>
+
     </define:tag>
 
     <define:tag name="mail">
diff --git a/announcement/xdocs/changes.xml b/announcement/xdocs/changes.xml
index 51623548..d3fe10a4 100644
--- a/announcement/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/announcement/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="1.4-SNAPSHOT" date="in CVS">
+      <action dev="ltheussl" type="fix" issue="MPANNOUNCEMENT-3">CR-LF generated do not match the platform.</action>
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="fix" issue="MPANNOUNCEMENT-10">Xml entities transformed in wrong direction.</action>
       <action dev="vmassol" type="add" issue="MPANNOUNCEMENT-15">
         Modified the announcement text 
