diff --git a/ear/plugin.jelly b/ear/plugin.jelly
index c27144b9..634092ee 100644
--- a/ear/plugin.jelly
+++ b/ear/plugin.jelly
@@ -16,183 +16,131 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
  -->
-
-
-<project 
-  xmlns:j="jelly:core"
-  xmlns:ant="jelly:ant"
-  xmlns:artifact="artifact"
-  xmlns:license="license"
-  xmlns:maven="jelly:maven"
-  xmlns:util="jelly:util"
-  xmlns:x="jelly:xml"
-  xmlns:define="jelly:define"
-  xmlns:ear="ear"
-  >
-
+<project xmlns:j="jelly:core" xmlns:ant="jelly:ant" xmlns:artifact="artifact" xmlns:license="license" xmlns:maven="jelly:maven" xmlns:util="jelly:util" xmlns:x="jelly:xml" xmlns:define="jelly:define" xmlns:ear="ear">
   <!--==================================================================-->
   <!-- Default goal : Builds a ear file                                 -->
   <!--==================================================================-->
   <goal name="ear" prereqs="ear:ear" description="Build an ear file"/>
-
   <!--==================================================================-->
   <!-- Initializations                                                  -->
   <!--==================================================================-->
-  <goal name="ear:init" 
-    description="Initialise filesystem and other resources for an ear">
+  <goal name="ear:init" description="Initialise filesystem and other resources for an ear">
 
   </goal>
-  
   <!--==================================================================-->
   <!-- Builds an ear file                                               -->
   <!--==================================================================-->
   <goal name="ear:ear" prereqs="ear:init" description="Build an ear file">
-
     <!-- maven.ear.src and maven.war.resources cannot have the same value -->
     <j:if test="${context.getVariable('maven.ear.src') == context.getVariable('maven.ear.resources')}">
-       <ant:fail>Properties maven.ear.src and maven.ear.resources cannot have the same value</ant:fail>
+      <ant:fail>Properties maven.ear.src and maven.ear.resources cannot have the same value</ant:fail>
     </j:if>
-
-    <ant:mkdir dir="${maven.build.dir}" />
-    
+    <ant:mkdir dir="${maven.build.dir}"/>
     <j:set var="finalAppxml" value="${maven.ear.descriptordir}/application.xml"/>
-    <j:set var="isGenerateAppXML" 
-           value="${context.getVariable('maven.ear.appxml.generate')}"/>
-    <!-- make sure that target directory exists -->       
+    <j:set var="isGenerateAppXML" value="${context.getVariable('maven.ear.appxml.generate')}"/>
+    <!-- make sure that target directory exists -->
     <ant:mkdir dir="${maven.ear.descriptordir}"/>
     <j:choose>
-       <j:when test="${isGenerateAppXML == 'true'}">
-          <attainGoal name="ear:generate-ear-descriptor"/>
-       </j:when>
-       <j:otherwise>
-          <util:available file="${maven.ear.appxml}">
-             <ant:copy file="${maven.ear.appxml}" tofile="${finalAppxml}"/>
-          </util:available>
-       </j:otherwise>
+      <j:when test="${isGenerateAppXML == 'true'}">
+        <attainGoal name="ear:generate-ear-descriptor"/>
+      </j:when>
+      <j:otherwise>
+        <util:available file="${maven.ear.appxml}">
+          <ant:copy file="${maven.ear.appxml}" tofile="${finalAppxml}"/>
+        </util:available>
+      </j:otherwise>
     </j:choose>
-
-    
     <ant:echo>Building EAR ${maven.ear.final.name} with appxml "${finalAppxml}"</ant:echo>
-    
-    <ant:available property="maven.ear.manifest.available"
-      file="${maven.ear.manifest}"/>
-
-    <ant:ear destfile="${maven.build.dir}/${maven.ear.final.name}"
-         appxml="${finalAppxml}">
-
+    <ant:available property="maven.ear.manifest.available" file="${maven.ear.manifest}"/>
+    <ant:ear destfile="${maven.build.dir}/${maven.ear.final.name}" appxml="${finalAppxml}">
       <!-- include files from maven.ear.src if available -->
       <util:available file="${maven.ear.src}">
-        <fileset dir="${maven.ear.src}" casesensitive="false" 
-          excludes="**/META-INF/application.xml"/>
+        <fileset dir="${maven.ear.src}" casesensitive="false" excludes="**/META-INF/application.xml"/>
       </util:available>
-      
       <!-- include marked dependencies -->
       <j:set var="tmpDependenciesDir" value="${maven.build.dir}/tmpEarDeps"/>
       <j:forEach var="lib" items="${pom.artifacts}">
-        <j:set var="dep" value="${lib.dependency}"/>      
+        <j:set var="dep" value="${lib.dependency}"/>
         <j:if test="${dep.getProperty('ear.bundle')=='true' || dep.getProperty('ear.module')=='true'}">
-          
           <!-- 
            We know that this dep "wants" to be bundled. Now we need to decide how it is copied into the
            EAR
           -->
-                    
-         <j:set var="originalPath" value="${lib.file.name}"/>      
-         <ear:setPath lib="${lib}" var="bundledPath"/>
-
-
-         <j:choose>
-           <j:when test="${originalPath.equals(bundledPath)}">
-             <ant:fileset dir="${lib.file.parent}">
-               <ant:include name="${originalPath}"/>
-             </ant:fileset>
-           </j:when>
-           <j:otherwise>
-             <echo>Dependency ${originalPath} will be bundled as ${bundledPath}</echo>
-             <ant:copy file="${lib.file.parent}/${originalPath}" tofile="${tmpDependenciesDir}/${bundledPath}"/>
-           </j:otherwise>
-         </j:choose>
-
-        </j:if>  
+          <j:set var="originalPath" value="${lib.file.name}"/>
+          <ear:setPath lib="${lib}" var="bundledPath"/>
+          <j:choose>
+            <j:when test="${originalPath.equals(bundledPath)}">
+              <ant:fileset dir="${lib.file.parent}">
+                <ant:include name="${originalPath}"/>
+              </ant:fileset>
+            </j:when>
+            <j:otherwise>
+              <echo>Dependency ${originalPath} will be bundled as ${bundledPath}</echo>
+              <ant:copy file="${lib.file.parent}/${originalPath}" tofile="${tmpDependenciesDir}/${bundledPath}"/>
+            </j:otherwise>
+          </j:choose>
+        </j:if>
       </j:forEach>
-
       <!-- bundle all dependencies that were copied to a temporary dir -->
       <util:available file="${tmpDependenciesDir}">
-         <ant:fileset dir="${tmpDependenciesDir}"/>
+        <ant:fileset dir="${tmpDependenciesDir}"/>
       </util:available>
-
       <!-- include license -->
-      <j:set var="licenseFileName"><license:fileName/></j:set>
+      <j:set var="licenseFileName">
+        <license:fileName/>
+      </j:set>
       <util:file name="${licenseFileName}" var="licenseFile"/>
       <ant:metainf dir="${licenseFile.canonicalFile.parent}">
         <ant:include name="${licenseFile.canonicalFile.name}"/>
       </ant:metainf>
-
       <j:if test="${maven.ear.manifest.available}">
-        <ant:setProperty name="manifest" value="${maven.ear.manifest}" />
+        <ant:setProperty name="manifest" value="${maven.ear.manifest}"/>
       </j:if>
-
       <!-- standard manifest entries -->
       <ant:manifest>
-        <ant:attribute name="Built-By" value="${user.name}" />
+        <ant:attribute name="Built-By" value="${user.name}"/>
         <ant:section name="${pom.package}">
-          <ant:attribute name="Specification-Title" value="${pom.artifactId}" />
-          <ant:attribute name="Specification-Version"
-                     value="${pom.currentVersion}" />
-          <ant:attribute name="Specification-Vendor"
-                     value="${pom.organization.name}" />
-          <ant:attribute name="Implementation-Title"
-                     value="${pom.package}" />
-          <ant:attribute name="Implementation-Version"
-                     value="${pom.currentVersion}" />
-          <ant:attribute name="Implementation-Vendor"
-                     value="${pom.organization.name}" />
+          <ant:attribute name="Specification-Title" value="${pom.artifactId}"/>
+          <ant:attribute name="Specification-Version" value="${pom.currentVersion}"/>
+          <ant:attribute name="Specification-Vendor" value="${pom.organization.name}"/>
+          <ant:attribute name="Implementation-Title" value="${pom.package}"/>
+          <ant:attribute name="Implementation-Version" value="${pom.currentVersion}"/>
+          <ant:attribute name="Implementation-Vendor" value="${pom.organization.name}"/>
         </ant:section>
       </ant:manifest>
-      
       <j:if test="${!pom.build.resources.isEmpty()}">
         <mkdir dir="${maven.ear.resources}"/>
         <maven:copy-resources resources="${pom.build.resources}" todir="${maven.ear.resources}"/>
-        <fileset dir="${maven.ear.resources}" />
+        <fileset dir="${maven.ear.resources}"/>
       </j:if>
-      
     </ant:ear>
-
     <!-- delete temporary directory -->
     <util:available file="${tmpDependenciesDir}">
       <ant:delete dir="${tmpDependenciesDir}"/>
     </util:available>
-
   </goal>
-
-  
-  
   <!--==================================================================-->
   <!-- Creates ear descriptor - application.xml file                    -->
   <!--==================================================================-->
   <goal name="ear:generate-ear-descriptor" description="Generates the ear descriptor">
-     
-     <ant:echo>Generating appxml file:"${finalAppxml} version ${maven.ear.appxml.version} encoding: ${maven.ear.appxml.encoding}"</ant:echo>
-     
-     <j:file  name="${finalAppxml}"
-              outputMode="xml"
-              prettyPrint="true"
-              encoding="${maven.ear.appxml.encoding}"
-     >
-
-        <j:switch on="${maven.ear.appxml.version}">
-              <j:case value="1.3">
-                 <x:doctype name="application" publicId="-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD J2EE Application 1.3//EN" systemId="http://java.sun.com/dtd/application_1_3.dtd"/>
-              </j:case>
-              <j:default>
-                 <x:doctype name="application" publicId="-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD J2EE Application 1.2//EN" systemId="http://java.sun.com/j2ee/dtds/application_1_2.dtd"/>
-              </j:default>
-        </j:switch>
-
-        <x:element name="application">
+    <ant:echo>Generating appxml file:"${finalAppxml} version ${maven.ear.appxml.version} encoding: ${maven.ear.appxml.encoding}"</ant:echo>
+    <j:file name="${finalAppxml}" outputMode="xml" prettyPrint="true" encoding="${maven.ear.appxml.encoding}">
+      <j:switch on="${maven.ear.appxml.version}">
+        <j:case value="1.3">
+          <x:doctype name="application" publicId="-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD J2EE Application 1.3//EN" systemId="http://java.sun.com/dtd/application_1_3.dtd"/>
+        </j:case>
+        <j:default>
+          <x:doctype name="application" publicId="-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD J2EE Application 1.2//EN" systemId="http://java.sun.com/j2ee/dtds/application_1_2.dtd"/>
+        </j:default>
+      </j:switch>
+      <x:element name="application">
         <x:element name="display-name">${maven.ear.displayname}</x:element>
+        <j:set var="applicationDescription" value="${maven.ear.appxml.description}"/>
+        <j:if test="${!empty(applicationDescription)}">
+          <x:element name="description">${maven.ear.appxml.description}</x:element>
+        </j:if>
         <j:forEach var="lib" items="${pom.artifacts}">
-	      <j:set var="dep" value="${lib.dependency}"/>
+          <j:set var="dep" value="${lib.dependency}"/>
           <ear:setPath lib="${lib}" var="bundledPath"/>
           <j:if test="${dep.getProperty('ear.bundle')=='true' || dep.getProperty('ear.module')=='true'}">
             <j:choose>
@@ -201,24 +149,24 @@
                   <x:element name="web">
                     <x:element name="web-uri">${bundledPath}</x:element>
                     <x:element name="context-root">${dep.getProperty('ear.appxml.war.context-root')}</x:element>
-                 </x:element>                
+                  </x:element>
                 </x:element>
               </j:when>
               <j:when test="${dep.type=='ejb'}">
                 <x:element name="module">
-                  <x:element name="ejb">${bundledPath}</x:element>                 
+                  <x:element name="ejb">${bundledPath}</x:element>
                 </x:element>
-              </j:when>       
+              </j:when>
               <j:when test="${dep.type=='jar'}">
                 <j:if test="${dep.getProperty('ear.module')=='true'}">
-                  <x:element name="module">  
-                    <x:element name="java">${bundledPath}</x:element>                 
+                  <x:element name="module">
+                    <x:element name="java">${bundledPath}</x:element>
                   </x:element>
                 </j:if>
               </j:when>
               <j:when test="${dep.type=='rar'}">
-                <x:element name="module">  
-                  <x:element name="connector">${bundledPath}</x:element>                 
+                <x:element name="module">
+                  <x:element name="connector">${bundledPath}</x:element>
                 </x:element>
               </j:when>
               <j:when test="${dep.type=='sar'}">
@@ -231,95 +179,55 @@
                   <x:element name="java">${bundledPath}</x:element>
                 </x:element>
               </j:when>
-            </j:choose> 
-          </j:if>        
+            </j:choose>
+          </j:if>
         </j:forEach>
         <!-- add the security-role element -->
         <j:set var="securityRoles" value="${maven.ear.appxml.securityRoles}"/>
-      	<j:if test="${!empty(securityRoles)}">
-      		<util:tokenize var="roles" delim="," trim="true">${maven.ear.appxml.securityRoles}</util:tokenize>
-      		<j:forEach var="role" items="${roles}">
-      			<x:element name="security-role">
-      				<x:element name="role-name">${role.trim()}</x:element>
-      			</x:element>
-      		</j:forEach>
-      	</j:if >
-       </x:element> 
-     </j:file>  
-          
-   </goal>
-   
-
-  
+        <j:if test="${!empty(securityRoles)}">
+          <util:tokenize var="roles" delim="," trim="true">${maven.ear.appxml.securityRoles}</util:tokenize>
+          <j:forEach var="role" items="${roles}">
+            <x:element name="security-role">
+              <x:element name="role-name">${role.trim()}</x:element>
+            </x:element>
+          </j:forEach>
+        </j:if>
+      </x:element>
+    </j:file>
+  </goal>
   <!--==================================================================-->
   <!-- Install the ear in the local repository                          -->
-  <!--==================================================================-->    
-  <goal name="ear:install"
-        prereqs="ear:ear"
-        description="Install the ear in the local repository">
-     
-     <artifact:install
-        artifact="${maven.build.dir}/${maven.ear.final.name}"
-        type="ear"
-        project="${pom}"/> 
-  
+  <!--==================================================================-->
+  <goal name="ear:install" prereqs="ear:ear" description="Install the ear in the local repository">
+    <artifact:install artifact="${maven.build.dir}/${maven.ear.final.name}" type="ear" project="${pom}"/>
   </goal>
-  
   <!--==================================================================-->
   <!-- Install the snapshot version of the ear in the local repository  -->
-  <!--==================================================================-->      
-  <goal name="ear:install-snapshot"
-        prereqs="ear:ear" 
-        description="Install the snapshot version of the ear in the local repository">
-        
-      <artifact:install-snapshot
-        artifact="${maven.build.dir}/${maven.ear.final.name}"
-        type="ear"
-        project="${pom}"/> 
-        
+  <!--==================================================================-->
+  <goal name="ear:install-snapshot" prereqs="ear:ear" description="Install the snapshot version of the ear in the local repository">
+    <artifact:install-snapshot artifact="${maven.build.dir}/${maven.ear.final.name}" type="ear" project="${pom}"/>
   </goal>
-
   <!--==================================================================-->
   <!-- Deploys the ear to the remote repository                         -->
-  <!--==================================================================-->      
-  <goal name="ear:deploy" 
-        prereqs="ear:ear" 
-        description="Deploys the ear to the remote repository">
-
-     <artifact:deploy
-        artifact="${maven.build.dir}/${maven.ear.final.name}"
-        type="ear"
-        project="${pom}"/>   
-        
-  </goal>      
-        
+  <!--==================================================================-->
+  <goal name="ear:deploy" prereqs="ear:ear" description="Deploys the ear to the remote repository">
+    <artifact:deploy artifact="${maven.build.dir}/${maven.ear.final.name}" type="ear" project="${pom}"/>
+  </goal>
   <!--==================================================================-->
   <!-- Deploys the snapshot version of the ear to the remote repository         -->
-  <!--==================================================================-->      
-  <goal name="ear:deploy-snapshot" 
-        prereqs="ear:ear"
-        description="Deploys the snapshot version of  the ear to remote repository">  
-
-     <artifact:deploy-snapshot
-        artifact="${maven.build.dir}/${maven.ear.final.name}"
-        type="ear"
-        project="${pom}"/>    
-        
+  <!--==================================================================-->
+  <goal name="ear:deploy-snapshot" prereqs="ear:ear" description="Deploys the snapshot version of  the ear to remote repository">
+    <artifact:deploy-snapshot artifact="${maven.build.dir}/${maven.ear.final.name}" type="ear" project="${pom}"/>
   </goal>
-
   <!--==================================================================-->
   <!-- Special no-op goal which can be used by other plugin which need  -->
   <!-- to get access to any of this plugin's property. This is          -->
   <!-- temporary, until we get explicit plugin dependencies.            -->
-  <!--==================================================================-->    
+  <!--==================================================================-->
   <goal name="ear:load">
     <echo>DEPRECATED: do not use ear:load, there is no need</echo>
   </goal>
-
-
-
   <define:taglib uri="ear">
-
     <!-- 
       Sets the relative path of a dependency in the EAR file
         parameters:
@@ -328,32 +236,28 @@
 
       -->
     <define:tag name="setPath">
-       <j:set var="dep" value="${lib.dependency}"/>      
-       <!-- define the directory where the dependency will be included -->
-       <!-- (if the property is not set, dir is the root) -->
-       <j:set var="bundleDir" value="${dep.getProperty('ear.bundle.dir')}"/> 
-       <!-- define the name of the dependency -->
-       <j:set var="bundleName" value="${dep.getProperty('ear.bundle.name')}"/> 
-       <j:if test="${empty(bundleName)}">
-          <j:set var="bundleName" value="${lib.name}"/>
-       </j:if>
-       <j:choose>
-          <j:when test="${empty(bundleDir)}">
-            <j:set var="thePath" value="${bundleName}"/>
-          </j:when>
-          <j:otherwise>
-            <j:set var="thePath" value="${bundleDir}/${bundleName}"/>
-          </j:otherwise>
-       </j:choose>
+      <j:set var="dep" value="${lib.dependency}"/>
+      <!-- define the directory where the dependency will be included -->
+      <!-- (if the property is not set, dir is the root) -->
+      <j:set var="bundleDir" value="${dep.getProperty('ear.bundle.dir')}"/>
+      <!-- define the name of the dependency -->
+      <j:set var="bundleName" value="${dep.getProperty('ear.bundle.name')}"/>
+      <j:if test="${empty(bundleName)}">
+        <j:set var="bundleName" value="${lib.name}"/>
+      </j:if>
+      <j:choose>
+        <j:when test="${empty(bundleDir)}">
+          <j:set var="thePath" value="${bundleName}"/>
+        </j:when>
+        <j:otherwise>
+          <j:set var="thePath" value="${bundleDir}/${bundleName}"/>
+        </j:otherwise>
+      </j:choose>
        ${context.setVariable(var,'parent',thePath)}
     </define:tag>
-
     <define:tag name="resolver">
-      <j:new var="resolver" className="org.apache.maven.ear.j2ee.J2EEEntityResolver" />
-      <j:set var="${var}" value="${resolver}" scope="parent" />
+      <j:new var="resolver" className="org.apache.maven.ear.j2ee.J2EEEntityResolver"/>
+      <j:set var="${var}" value="${resolver}" scope="parent"/>
     </define:tag>
-
   </define:taglib>
- 
-
 </project>
diff --git a/ear/plugin.properties b/ear/plugin.properties
index ceaf8451..9ad892f3 100644
--- a/ear/plugin.properties
+++ b/ear/plugin.properties
@@ -25,15 +25,17 @@ maven.ear.src=${maven.src.dir}/application
 
 # Location of xml configs and manifest files
 maven.ear.descriptordir=${maven.build.dir}
-maven.ear.appxml=${maven.ear.src}/META-INF/application.xml
 maven.ear.manifest=${maven.ear.src}/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
-maven.ear.appxml.generate=false
 maven.ear.displayname=${pom.artifactId}
-maven.ear.appxml.version=1.3
 maven.ear.resources=${maven.build.dir}/ear
-maven.ear.appxml.encoding=UTF-8
 # Name of generated EAR file
 maven.ear.final.name=${maven.final.name}.ear
 
+maven.ear.appxml=${maven.ear.src}/META-INF/application.xml
+maven.ear.appxml.generate=false
+maven.ear.appxml.version=1.3
+maven.ear.appxml.encoding=UTF-8
 # Security role (a comma separated list)
 # maven.ear.appxml.securityRoles = role1, role2
+# Description
+maven.ear.appxml.description=${pom.description}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ear/src/plugin-test/simpleTest/maven.xml b/ear/src/plugin-test/simpleTest/maven.xml
index d7ee9252..7d0a81d2 100644
--- a/ear/src/plugin-test/simpleTest/maven.xml
+++ b/ear/src/plugin-test/simpleTest/maven.xml
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@
       value="${firstJavaModule}"
       msg="commons collections was not the first java module"/>
 
+    <x:set var="description" select="string($applicationDoc/application/description)"/>
+    <assert:assertEquals expected="${pom.description.trim()}" value="${description.trim()}"/>
+
     <!-- check for resources -->
     <assert:assertFileExists file="${unzipDir}/resource.txt"/>
 
diff --git a/ear/xdocs/changes.xml b/ear/xdocs/changes.xml
index ee83ff43..f78b92c4 100644
--- a/ear/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/ear/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
     <author email="nathan.coast@blueyonder.co.uk">Nathan Coast</author>
   </properties>
   <body>
+    <release version="1.9-SNAPSHOT" date="In SVN">
+      <action dev="aheritier" type="add" issue="MPEAR-17">Added support to set the description and the security roles in the generated application.xml.</action>
+    </release>    
     <release version="1.8" date="2006-03-08">
       <action dev="snicoll" type="fix" issue="MPEAR-33">Added support of JbossNet archive in application.xml generation.</action>
       <action dev="aheritier" type="update" issue="MAVEN-1712">Update dependencies to match ones in maven 1.1 core and to unify them between plugins. The following dependencies are updated :
diff --git a/ear/xdocs/properties.xml b/ear/xdocs/properties.xml
index 40a97b0d..49bddd29 100644
--- a/ear/xdocs/properties.xml
+++ b/ear/xdocs/properties.xml
@@ -45,6 +45,47 @@
             ${maven.ear.src}/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
           </td>
         </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>maven.ear.displayname</td>
+          <td>Yes</td>
+          <td>
+            Display name of the application to be used
+            when <code>application.xml</code> file is autogenerated
+          </td>
+          <td>
+            ${pom.artifactId}
+          </td>
+        </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>maven.ear.resources</td>
+          <td>Yes</td>
+          <td>
+            Directory that resources are copied to during the build.<b>NOTE:</b> cannot have the same value of ${maven.ear.src}!
+          </td>
+          <td>
+            ${maven.build.dir}/ear
+          </td>
+        </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>maven.ear.src</td>
+          <td>Yes</td>
+          <td>
+            Single directory for extra files to include in the EAR. <b>NOTE:</b> cannot have the same value of ${maven.ear.resources}!
+          </td>
+          <td>
+            ${maven.src.dir}/application
+          </td>
+        </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>maven.ear.descriptordir</td>
+          <td>Yes</td>
+          <td>
+            Directory where the <code>application.xml</code> file will be auto-generated (only if <code>maven.ear.appxml.generate</code> is true).
+          </td>
+          <td>
+            ${maven.build.dir}
+          </td>
+        </tr>
         <tr>
           <td>maven.ear.appxml</td>
           <td>Yes</td>
@@ -77,37 +118,6 @@
             1.3
           </td>
         </tr>
-        <tr>
-          <td>maven.ear.displayname</td>
-          <td>Yes</td>
-          <td>
-            Display name of the application to be used
-            when <code>application.xml</code> file is autogenerated
-          </td>
-          <td>
-            ${pom.artifactId}
-          </td>
-        </tr>
-        <tr>
-          <td>maven.ear.resources</td>
-          <td>Yes</td>
-          <td>
-            Directory that resources are copied to during the build.<b>NOTE:</b> cannot have the same value of ${maven.ear.src}!
-          </td>
-          <td>
-            ${maven.build.dir}/ear
-          </td>
-        </tr>
-        <tr>
-          <td>maven.ear.src</td>
-          <td>Yes</td>
-          <td>
-            Single directory for extra files to include in the EAR. <b>NOTE:</b> cannot have the same value of ${maven.ear.resources}!
-          </td>
-          <td>
-            ${maven.src.dir}/application
-          </td>
-        </tr>
         <tr>
           <td>maven.ear.appxml.encoding</td>
           <td>Yes</td>
@@ -119,13 +129,13 @@
           </td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
-          <td>maven.ear.descriptordir</td>
+          <td>maven.ear.appxml.description</td>
           <td>Yes</td>
           <td>
-            Directory where the <code>application.xml</code> file will be auto-generated (only if <code>maven.ear.appxml.generate</code> is true).
+            The description element inserted in the descriptor.
           </td>
           <td>
-            ${maven.build.dir}
+            ${pom.description}
           </td>
         </tr>
         <tr>