diff --git a/announcement/src/plugin-resources/announcement.jsl b/announcement/src/plugin-resources/announcement.jsl
index 59995f08..760693e3 100644
--- a/announcement/src/plugin-resources/announcement.jsl
+++ b/announcement/src/plugin-resources/announcement.jsl
@@ -47,6 +47,14 @@
       <j:whitespace trim="false">
 ${pom.url}
 
+</j:whitespace>
+
+      <j:set var="description" trim="true" value="${pom.description}"/>
+      <j:forEach var="line" items="${formatter.format(description,78)}">
+        <j:whitespace>${line}
+</j:whitespace>
+      </j:forEach>
+      <j:whitespace trim="false">
 Changes in this version include:</j:whitespace>
 
       <x:set var="actions" select="action[@type='add']" sort="@type" />
diff --git a/announcement/xdocs/changes.xml b/announcement/xdocs/changes.xml
index 7b7d6050..557b3d1b 100644
--- a/announcement/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/announcement/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="1.1" date="in CVS">
+      <action dev="vmassol" type="add">
+        Added <code>&lt;description&gt;</code> information from the POM to 
+        the generated announcement to explain what the project does.
+      </action>
       <action dev="vmassol" type="add">
         Added information in the generated announcement to indicate from
         where the plugin can be downloaded.
