diff --git a/plugins-site/xdocs/faq.fml b/plugins-site/xdocs/faq.fml
index ef7974b2..22425c43 100644
--- a/plugins-site/xdocs/faq.fml
+++ b/plugins-site/xdocs/faq.fml
@@ -23,7 +23,27 @@
 
   <part id="General">
     <title>General</title>
-   
+
+    <faq id="checkout">
+      <question>How do I checkout the source code for all plugins ?</question>
+      <answer>
+        <source>svn checkout http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/maven-1/trunks maven-1</source>
+        <p>
+          This will put the whole Maven 1 source distribution, including the core
+          and the plugins-sandbox, into a directory <code>maven-1</code> (the root directory).
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          If you want to checkout a particular plugin only, you also need
+          the <code>plugins-parent</code> and <code>plugins-common</code> modules,
+          eg for the xdoc plugin:
+        </p>
+        <source>svn checkout http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/maven-1/plugins/trunk/xdoc/ xdoc
+svn checkout http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/maven-1/plugins/trunk/plugins-parent/ plugins-parent
+svn checkout http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/maven-1/plugins/trunk/plugins-common/ plugins-common
+</source>
+      </answer>
+    </faq>
+
     <faq id="install-all">
       <question>How do I build and install all these plugins from source ?</question>
       <answer>
@@ -53,6 +73,7 @@
       <answer>
         <p>In the root directory :</p>
         <source>maven plugins:site</source>
+        <p>The web site will be in the <code>plugins-site/target/docs</code> directory.</p>
       </answer>
     </faq>
 
@@ -61,6 +82,7 @@
       <answer>
         <p>In the root directory :</p>
         <source>maven plugins:build-all-sites</source>
+        <p>The web site will be in the <code>plugins-site/target/docs</code> directory.</p>
       </answer>
     </faq>