diff --git a/aspectj/xdocs/changes.xml b/aspectj/xdocs/changes.xml
index 1c4f3e10..d803c20e 100644
--- a/aspectj/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/aspectj/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -4,10 +4,15 @@
     <title>Changes</title>
     <author email="dion@multitask.com.au">dIon Gillard</author>
     <author email="vmassol@pivolis.com">Vincent Massol</author>
+    <author email="jason@maven.org">Jason van Zyl</a>    
   </properties>
 
   <body>
     <release version="2.0" date="in CVS">
+      <action dev="jvanzyl" type="add">
+        The AspectJ plugin has been moved out of the core of Maven so it can
+        be released independently of Maven.
+      </action>
       <action dev="vmassol" type="add">
         Complete rewrite of the plugin. Now using AspectJ 1.1 and performing
         binary weaving on jar generated by the <code>jar:jar</code> goal. Also
