diff --git a/plugin/plugin.jelly b/plugin/plugin.jelly
index 53d51749..635302e4 100644
--- a/plugin/plugin.jelly
+++ b/plugin/plugin.jelly
@@ -43,18 +43,32 @@
     description="Install the plugin jar, prepare Maven to expand it locally and clear caches">
 
     <plugin:uninstall name="${pom.artifactId}" />
+    <!-- Don't clear the cache. RC3 will do this if we happened to clean up an additional version -->
 
     <copy file="${maven.build.dir}/${maven.final.name}.jar"
       todir="${maven.home}/plugins"/>
+  </goal>
 
+  <goal name="plugin:install-now" prereqs="plugin"
+    description="Build a plugin and load it into the currently running instance of Maven.">
+    <!-- The cache should remain intact through these operations -->
+    <plugin:uninstall name="${pom.artifactId}" />
+    <maven:uninstallPlugin artifactId="${pom.artifactId}" />
+    <maven:installPlugin file="${maven.build.dir}/${maven.final.name}.jar" cache="true" />
   </goal>
 
   <goal name="plugin:uninstall" 
     description="Uninstall all versions of the plugin">
 
     <plugin:uninstall name="${pom.artifactId}" />
+    <plugin:clearCache />
   </goal>
-    
+
+  <goal name="plugin:uninstall-now" prereqs="plugin:uninstall"
+    description="Uninstall all versions of the plugin, including those in the currently running instance of Maven">
+    <maven:uninstallPlugin artifactId="${pom.artifactId}" />
+  </goal>
+
   <goal name="plugin:deploy" prereqs="plugin"
     description="Install a specific unpacked plugin but no new jar">
 
@@ -265,11 +279,19 @@
         </ant:fileset>
       </ant:delete>
 
+      <ant:delete includeEmptyDirs="true" verbose="false" failonerror="false">
+        <ant:fileset dir="${maven.plugin.unpacked.dir}">
+          <ant:include name="${name}-*/**" />
+          <ant:include name="${name}-*.jar" />
+        </ant:fileset>
+      </ant:delete>
+    </define:tag>
+
+    <define:tag name="clearCache">
       <ant:delete includeEmptyDirs="true" verbose="false" failonerror="false">
         <ant:fileset dir="${maven.plugin.unpacked.dir}">
           <ant:include name="*.cache"/>
           <ant:include name="**/.processed" />
-          <ant:include name="${name}-*/**" />
         </ant:fileset>
       </ant:delete>
     </define:tag>
diff --git a/plugin/project.xml b/plugin/project.xml
index 628f4484..09842d06 100644
--- a/plugin/project.xml
+++ b/plugin/project.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@
   <id>maven-plugin-plugin</id>
   <name>Maven Plugin Plugin</name>
   <currentVersion>1.4-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
-  <description/>
+  <description>
+    Maven Plugin management plugin. Requires Maven 1.0 RC3.
+  </description>
   <shortDescription>Maven Plugin plugin</shortDescription>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/plugin/</url>
   <issueTrackingUrl>http://jira.codehaus.org/BrowseProject.jspa?id=10364</issueTrackingUrl>
@@ -53,6 +55,15 @@
         <role>Developer</role>
       </roles>
     </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <name>Brett Porter</name>
+      <id>brett</id>
+      <email>brett@apache.org</email>
+      <organization>f2 network</organization>
+      <roles>
+        <role>Developer</role>
+      </roles>
+    </developer>
   </developers>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/plugin/xdocs/changes.xml b/plugin/xdocs/changes.xml
index 3d8438fc..d9a4090f 100644
--- a/plugin/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/plugin/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@
     <author email="evenisse@ifrance.com">Emmanuel Venisse</author>
   </properties>
   <body>
+    <release version="1.4-SNAPSHOT" date="in CVS">
+      <action dev="brett" type="add" issue="MAVEN-1219">Add plugin:uninstall-now that removes the plugin from the currently running instance of Maven.</action>
+      <action dev="brett" type="add" issue="MAVEN-1219">Add a plugin:install-now goal that installs the plugin into the currently running instance of maven so that it can be used by subsequent goals.</action>
+    </release>
+
     <release version="1.3" date="2004-03-22">
       <action dev="brett" type="fix" issue="MPPLUGIN-13">Create local repository directory first so plugin:download doesn't fail when it doesn't exist</action>
       <action dev="dion" type="update">Add optional msg attribute to assertFileExists and assertEquals tags</action>
diff --git a/plugin/xdocs/goals.xml b/plugin/xdocs/goals.xml
index 4c5fe7d3..3dc5504c 100644
--- a/plugin/xdocs/goals.xml
+++ b/plugin/xdocs/goals.xml
@@ -60,14 +60,29 @@
         <name>plugin:install</name>
         <description>Install the plugin in Maven's plugins dir</description>
       </goal>
+      <goal>
+        <name>plugin:install-now</name>
+        <description>
+          Install the plugin into the current Maven instance.
+          It is also installed into the user's plugin cache so that it will be available to
+          that user on subsequent Maven invocations.
+        </description>
+      </goal>
       <goal>
         <name>plugin:uninstall</name>
         <description>Uninstall all versions of the plugin in Maven's plugins dir</description>
       </goal>      
+      <goal>
+        <name>plugin:uninstall-now</name>
+        <description>
+          Uninstall the plugin from the current Maven instance.
+          It is also uninstalled into the user's plugin cache and the global Maven installation.
+        </description>
+      </goal>
       <goal>
         <name>plugin:test</name>
         <description>Run a plugin's test project</description>
       </goal>
     </goals>
   </body>
-</document>
\ No newline at end of file
+</document>
