diff --git a/cruisecontrol/project.xml b/cruisecontrol/project.xml
index 3b4eb1a8..d4e0561a 100644
--- a/cruisecontrol/project.xml
+++ b/cruisecontrol/project.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@
   <id>maven-cruisecontrol-plugin</id>
   <name>Maven Cruise Control Plugin</name>
   <currentVersion>1.7-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
-  <description>A plugin to handle the generating and maintaining of Cruise Control configuration.</description>
+  <description>
+	A plugin to work with Cruise Control.  Plugin can generate a
+	Cruise Control configuration from the POM, start the CruiseControl server,
+	and when included as a report provide a link to the build results.
+  </description>
   <shortDescription>Cruise Control Plugin for Maven</shortDescription>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/cruisecontrol/</url>
   <issueTrackingUrl>http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MPCRUISECONTROL</issueTrackingUrl>