diff --git a/scm/xdocs/index.xml b/scm/xdocs/index.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<document>
+
+  <properties>
+    <title>Maven SCM Plugin</title>
+    <author email="brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</author>
+  </properties>
+
+  <body>
+    <section name="Maven SCM Plugin">
+      <p>
+        A plugin for SCM tasks, currently CVS.
+      </p>
+      <p> 
+        For more information on the functionality provided by this plugin,
+        please see the <a href="goals.html">Goals</a> document.
+      </p>
+      <p>
+        For more information on how to customise the functionality provided
+        by this plugin, please see the <a href="properties.html">properties</a>
+        document.
+      </p>
+    </section>
+ </body>
+</document>
+
diff --git a/scm/xdocs/releases/v1.0/index.xml b/scm/xdocs/releases/v1.0/index.xml
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+++ b/scm/xdocs/releases/v1.0/index.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<document>
+
+  <properties>
+    <title>Maven SCM Plugin</title>
+    <author email="brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</author>
+  </properties>
+
+  <body>
+    <section name="Maven SCM Plugin">
+      <p>
+        A plugin for SCM tasks, currently CVS.
+      </p>
+      <p> 
+        For more information on the functionality provided by this plugin,
+        please see the <a href="goals.html">Goals</a> document.
+      </p>
+      <p>
+        For more information on how to customise the functionality provided
+        by this plugin, please see the <a href="properties.html">properties</a>
+        document.
+      </p>
+    </section>
+ </body>
+</document>
+
