diff --git a/scm/plugin.jelly b/scm/plugin.jelly
index 2fffd0d9..ff58c835 100644
--- a/scm/plugin.jelly
+++ b/scm/plugin.jelly
@@ -239,6 +239,19 @@
       failonerror="true"
       />
   </goal>
+
+  <!--==================================================================-->
+  <!-- Tag - CVS                                                        -->
+  <!--==================================================================-->
+  <goal name="scm:cvs-tag-project">
+    <ant:cvs command="tag -F ${maven.scm.cvs.tag}"
+      quiet="${maven.scm.cvs.quiet}"
+      cvsRsh="${maven.scm.cvs.rsh}"
+      cvsRoot="${maven.scm.cvs.root}"
+      failonerror="true"
+    />
+  </goal>
+
   
   <!--==================================================================-->
   <!-- Prepare Release - CVS                                            -->
diff --git a/scm/project.xml b/scm/project.xml
index b771a81a..91221922 100644
--- a/scm/project.xml
+++ b/scm/project.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <extend>../plugin-parent/project.xml</extend>
   <id>maven-scm-plugin</id>
   <name>Maven Source Control Management Plug-in</name>
-  <currentVersion>1.3</currentVersion>
+  <currentVersion>1.4-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
   <description>A plugin for SCM tasks, currently CVS.</description>
   <shortDescription>SCM Plugin for Maven. Requires Maven 1.0 RC2.</shortDescription>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/scm/</url>
diff --git a/scm/xdocs/properties.xml b/scm/xdocs/properties.xml
index da07fb3c..cbbe214a 100644
--- a/scm/xdocs/properties.xml
+++ b/scm/xdocs/properties.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,12 @@
           <td>maven.scm.cvs.root</td>
           <td>Yes</td>
           <td>
-            <p>Default value is taken from CVSROOT in the environment.</p>
+            <p>
+              Default value is taken from CVSROOT in the environment.
+              If you have a valid Maven project descriptor and the repository
+              element is using CVS, you can set this property to 
+              <code>${pom.repository.cvsRoot}</code>
+            </p>
           </td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
@@ -133,6 +138,13 @@
             <p>Default value is taken from CVS_RSH in the environment.</p>
           </td>
         </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>maven.scm.cvs.tag/td>
+          <td>Yes</td>
+          <td>
+            <p>Used as the tag for the <code>cvs-tag-project</code> goal.</p>
+          </td>
+        </tr>
       </table>
       </subsection>
     </section>