diff --git a/plugin/plugin.jelly b/plugin/plugin.jelly
index c1f2e103..995cd87f 100644
--- a/plugin/plugin.jelly
+++ b/plugin/plugin.jelly
@@ -214,16 +214,13 @@ Try: maven plugin:download -DgroupId=maven -DartifactId=${pluginToTest} -Dversio
 
   </define:taglib>
   
-  <j:if test="${bootstrapping == null}">
-    <assert:assertPluginAvailable groupId="maven" artifactId="maven-artifact-plugin" minRelease="1.7" neededBy="${plugin.artifactId}"/>
-  </j:if>
-
   <goal name="plugin" prereqs="plugin:plugin" description="Build a plugin jar" />
   <goal name="plugin:plugin" description="Build a plugin jar">
     <!-- For some reason a prereq on this causes an internal error... -->
     <attainGoal name="jar:jar" />
     <!-- We can't use it in the bootstrap phase because classes aren't yet build in the artifact plugin -->
     <j:if test="${bootstrapping == null}">
+      <assert:assertPluginAvailable groupId="maven" artifactId="maven-artifact-plugin" minRelease="1.7" neededBy="${plugin.artifactId}"/>
       <artifact:rewritePOM path="${maven.build.dir}/project.xml"/>
       <ant:jar
         jarfile="${maven.build.dir}/${maven.jar.final.name}"
diff --git a/plugin/xdocs/changes.xml b/plugin/xdocs/changes.xml
index 08101045..1bc87e44 100644
--- a/plugin/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/plugin/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="add" issue="MPPLUGIN-33">Allow plugin-test directory to be changed.</action>
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="fix" issue="MPPLUGIN-25" due-to="Jamie McCrindle, Barrie Treloar">NTLM Proxy Problem.</action>
       <action dev="carlos" type="fix" issue="MPPLUGIN-26">plugin:download didn't redownload SNAPSHOT plugins.</action>
-      <action dev="aheritier" type="add" issue="MPPLUGIN-3">Resolve project.xml inheritance when installing plugin.</action>
+      <action dev="aheritier" type="add" issue="MPPLUGIN-3">Resolve project.xml inheritance when installing plugin. plugin:plugin goal now requires at least maven 1.1 and maven-artifact-plugin 1.7.</action>
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="add">new plugin:validate-xml tag to validate xml documents against a schema.</action>
       <action dev="aheritier" type="add">new assert:assertPluginAvailable tag to check if a minimal release of a plugin is present.</action>
     </release>
diff --git a/plugin/xdocs/goals.xml b/plugin/xdocs/goals.xml
index f592b5a6..7062cda1 100644
--- a/plugin/xdocs/goals.xml
+++ b/plugin/xdocs/goals.xml
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
   <body>
     <goals>
       <goal>
-        <name>plugin</name>
-        <description>Build a plugin jar</description>
+        <name>plugin:plugin</name>
+        <description>Build a plugin jar. <b>Requires at least maven 1.1 and maven-artifact-plugin 1.7.</b></description>
       </goal>
       <goal>
         <name>plugin:download</name>
diff --git a/plugin/xdocs/index.xml b/plugin/xdocs/index.xml
index 9dc50343..0117a567 100644
--- a/plugin/xdocs/index.xml
+++ b/plugin/xdocs/index.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
       </p>
     </section>
     <section name="Requirements">
-      <p>Be careful, this plugin need maven 1.1 and at least the release 1.7 of the artifact plugin.</p>
+      <p>Be careful, to create a plugin (using the goal plugin:plugin) this plugin needs maven 1.1 and at least the release 1.7 of the artifact plugin.</p>
     </section>
  </body>
 </document>
