diff --git a/tasklist/xdocs/properties.xml b/tasklist/xdocs/properties.xml
index e136fd41..bbcef01d 100644
--- a/tasklist/xdocs/properties.xml
+++ b/tasklist/xdocs/properties.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
           <td>maven.tasklist.taskTag</td>
           <td>Yes</td>
           <td>
-            The javadoc tag to look for. Defaults to <code>todo</code>
+            The javadoc tag to look for. Defaults to <code>@todo</code>
             so that <code>@todo</code> tags are processed.
           </td>
         </tr>
diff --git a/xdoc/src/plugin-resources/site.jsl b/xdoc/src/plugin-resources/site.jsl
index 5229c630..b3c08c84 100644
--- a/xdoc/src/plugin-resources/site.jsl
+++ b/xdoc/src/plugin-resources/site.jsl
@@ -504,4 +504,9 @@
    <!-- element values don't pass through as text -->
    <jsl:template match="@*"/>
 
+   <!-- CDATA and text nodes pass-thru -->
+   <jsl:template match="text()">
+     <x:expr select="."/>
+   </jsl:template>
+
 </jsl:stylesheet>