diff --git a/announcement/src/plugin-resources/announcement.jsl b/announcement/src/plugin-resources/announcement.jsl
index 104e2529..9e4ceada 100644
--- a/announcement/src/plugin-resources/announcement.jsl
+++ b/announcement/src/plugin-resources/announcement.jsl
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
       <j:useBean var="formatter" class="org.apache.maven.announcement.Formatter"/>
 
       <j:set var="header" trim="true">
-        The ${pom.groupId} team is pleased to announce the ${pom.name} ${versionVariable} release!
+        We are pleased to announce the ${pom.name} ${versionVariable} release!
       </j:set>
 
       <j:forEach var="line" items="${formatter.format(header,78)}">
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ ${maven.announcement.distributionUrl}/${pom.artifactId}-${versionVariable}.jar
       <j:whitespace trim="false"> 
 
 Have fun!
--The ${pom.groupId} team
+-The ${pom.name} development team
       </j:whitespace>
     </j:if>
 
diff --git a/announcement/xdocs/changes.xml b/announcement/xdocs/changes.xml
index 9d4c7924..d24893ea 100644
--- a/announcement/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/announcement/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="1.4-SNAPSHOT" date="in CVS">
+      <action dev="vmassol" type="add" issue="MPANNOUNCEMENT-15">
+        Modified the announcement text 
+        "<code>The ${pom.groupId} team is pleased...</code>" in favor of
+        "<code>We are pleased...</code>" and changed the signature from
+        "<code>The ${pom.groupId} team</code>" to
+        "<code>The ${pom.name} development team</code>".
+      </action>
       <action dev="vmassol" type="add" issue="MPANNOUNCEMENT-16">
         Add information about the Maven remote repo to use in the generated download 
         instructions. Added a <code>maven.announcement.repo.remote</code> property
