diff --git a/ant/plugin.jelly b/ant/plugin.jelly
index a9d44241..609a0c86 100644
--- a/ant/plugin.jelly
+++ b/ant/plugin.jelly
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@
     name="ant:generate-build"
     description="Generate an Ant build file">
 
-    <ant:echo>Generating ${maven.ant.generatebuild.file} ...</ant:echo>
-    <j:file name="${maven.ant.generatebuild.file}" prettyPrint="true">
+    <ant:echo>Generating ${maven.ant.generate.dir}/${maven.ant.generate.script} ...</ant:echo>
+    <j:file name="${maven.ant.generate.dir}/${maven.ant.generate.script}" prettyPrint="true">
       <j:import file="${plugin.resources}/templates/build.jelly" inherit="true"/>
     </j:file>
-    <ant:echo>${maven.ant.generatebuild.file} generated.</ant:echo>
+    <ant:echo>${maven.ant.generate.dir}/${maven.ant.generate.script} generated.</ant:echo>
   </goal>
   
   <goal
diff --git a/ant/plugin.properties b/ant/plugin.properties
index d45a9d02..c6d96f7b 100644
--- a/ant/plugin.properties
+++ b/ant/plugin.properties
@@ -21,11 +21,13 @@
 # keep them apart from the project specific properties.
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-maven.ant.execute.script = build.xml
-maven.ant.execute.dir    = ${basedir}
+maven.ant.generate.script = build.xml
+maven.ant.generate.dir    = ${basedir}
+
+maven.ant.execute.script = ${maven.ant.generate.script}
+maven.ant.execute.dir    = ${maven.ant.generate.dir}
 maven.ant.execute.target =
 
-maven.ant.generatebuild.file = ${basedir}/build.xml
 maven.ant.compatibility      = 1.6
 
 maven.ant.use.properties     = true
diff --git a/ant/xdocs/changes.xml b/ant/xdocs/changes.xml
index 68034065..9ad9afdb 100644
--- a/ant/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/ant/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="1.10-SNAPSHOT" date="In SVN">
+      <action dev="aheritier" type="update">The property maven.ant.generatebuild.file is replaced by properties maven.ant.generate.dir, maven.ant.generate.script. The generated script is ${maven.ant.generate.dir}/${maven.ant.generate.script}.</action>
+      <action dev="aheritier" type="del">The property maven.ant.generatebuild.file is removed.</action>
       <action dev="aheritier" type="add" issue="MPANT-25">Add a new goal (ant:execute) to execute a build.xml file from maven.</action>
       <action dev="aheritier" type="update" issue="MAVEN-1712">Update dependencies to match ones in maven 1.1 core and to unify them between plugins. The following dependencies are updated : commons-jelly-tags-xml v1.0 to v1.1.</action>
     </release>
diff --git a/ant/xdocs/properties.xml b/ant/xdocs/properties.xml
index 5ad69cb2..39e73686 100644
--- a/ant/xdocs/properties.xml
+++ b/ant/xdocs/properties.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,20 @@
           <th>Optional?</th>
           <th>Default value</th>
         </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>maven.ant.generate.script</td>
+          <td>The filename to use. Defaults to "build.xml". This file is expected to be a filename relative to the "maven.ant.generate.dir" property given.</td>
+          <td>since 1.10</td>
+          <td>Yes</td>
+          <td>"build.xml"</td>
+        </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>maven.ant.generate.dir</td>
+          <td>The directory where to generate the Ant script. Defaults to the current project's basedir.</td>
+          <td>since 1.10</td>
+          <td>Yes</td>
+          <td>${basedir}</td>
+        </tr>
         <tr>
           <td>maven.ant.excludeTests</td>
           <td>Holds a comma separated list of source file patterns that will be excluded in the generated Ant build, e.g.</td>
@@ -45,13 +59,6 @@
             <source>maven.ant.excludeTests=**/*Test.java,**/*Suite.java</source>
           </td>
         </tr>
-        <tr>
-          <td>maven.ant.generatebuild.file</td>
-          <td>Sets the name of the ant buildfile to create.</td>
-          <td>since 1.0</td>
-          <td>Yes</td>
-          <td>${basedir}/build.xml</td>
-        </tr>
         <tr>
           <td>maven.ant.use.properties</td>
           <td>
@@ -73,25 +80,32 @@
         </tr>
         <tr>
           <td>maven.ant.execute.script</td>
-          <td>The buildfile to use. Defaults to "build.xml". This file is expected to be a filename relative to the "maven.ant.execute.dir" property given.</td>
+          <td>The buildfile to use. Defaults to ${maven.ant.generate.script}. This file is expected to be a filename relative to the "maven.ant.execute.dir" property given.</td>
           <td>since 1.10</td>
           <td>Yes</td>
-          <td>"build.xml"</td>
+          <td>${maven.ant.generate.script}</td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
           <td>maven.ant.execute.dir</td>
-          <td>The directory to use as a basedir for the Ant project. Defaults to the current project's basedir. This will override the basedir setting of the called project.</td>
+          <td>The directory to use as a basedir for the Ant project. Defaults to ${maven.ant.generate.dir}. This will override the basedir setting of the called project.</td>
           <td>since 1.10</td>
           <td>Yes</td>
-          <td>${basedir}</td>
+          <td>${maven.ant.generate.dir}</td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
           <td>maven.ant.execute.target</td>
           <td>The target of the Ant project that should be executed. Defaults to the project's default target.</td>
-          <td>since 1.9</td>
+          <td>since 1.10</td>
           <td>Yes</td>
           <td><i>&lt;empty&gt;</i></td>
         </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>maven.ant.generatebuild.file</td>
+          <td><b>!! REMOVED !!</b> Sets the name of the ant buildfile to create. Use "maven.ant.generate.script" and "maven.ant.generate.dir" instead.</td>
+          <td>since 1.0, removed in 1.10.</td>
+          <td>Yes</td>
+          <td>${basedir}/build.xml</td>
+        </tr>
       </table>
     </section>
   </body>