diff --git a/scm/plugin.jelly b/scm/plugin.jelly
index 5bcd4daa..4f8fd56d 100644
--- a/scm/plugin.jelly
+++ b/scm/plugin.jelly
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@
         <ant:echo>          Please check project.xml and xdocs/changes.xml</ant:echo>
         <ant:echo>          Then either re-run scm:prepare-release with maven.scm.testmode=false</ant:echo>
         <ant:echo>          or manually commit the files and tag the source tree:</ant:echo>
-        <ant:echo>          maven scm:tag -Dmaven.scm.svn.tag=${tag_name} -Dmaven.scm.url=${scmConnection}</ant:echo>
+        <ant:echo>          maven scm:tag -Dmaven.scm.tag=${tag_name} -Dmaven.scm.url=${scmConnection}</ant:echo>
       </j:when>
       <j:otherwise>
         <ant:echo>Committing descriptors</ant:echo>