diff --git a/jdiff/project.xml b/jdiff/project.xml
index f39f6757..d19341dd 100644
--- a/jdiff/project.xml
+++ b/jdiff/project.xml
@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@
   <id>maven-jdiff-plugin</id>
   <name>Maven JDiff Plugin</name>
   <currentVersion>1.5-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
-  <description/>
-  <shortDescription>Diff between CVS releases</shortDescription>
+  <description>
+    Plugin for JDiff - reports on the differences in the public API of two releases by comparing the
+    sources of two SCM checkouts.
+  </description>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/jdiff/</url>
   <issueTrackingUrl>http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MPJDIFF</issueTrackingUrl>
   <siteDirectory>/www/maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/jdiff/</siteDirectory>