diff --git a/dist/xdocs/properties.xml b/dist/xdocs/properties.xml
index a8bf783e..0f4bdd95 100644
--- a/dist/xdocs/properties.xml
+++ b/dist/xdocs/properties.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,36 @@
     <section name="Distribution Settings">
       <table>
         <tr><th>Property</th><th>Optional?</th><th>Description</th></tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>maven.dist.assembly.dir</td>
+          <td>yes - default is ${maven.build.dir}/${maven.final.name}</td>
+          <td>The base directory for the default assembly properties</td>
+        </tr> 
+        <tr>
+          <td>maven.dist.bin.archive.dir</td>
+          <td>yes - default is ${maven.dist.assembly.dir}/bin</td>
+          <td>The directory where the binary archive is constructed from</td>
+        </tr> 
+        <tr>
+          <td>maven.dist.src.archive.dir</td>
+          <td>yes - default is ${maven.dist.assembly.dir}/src/${maven.final.name}</td>
+          <td>The directory where the source archive is constructed from</td>
+        </tr> 
+        <tr>
+          <td>maven.dist.bin.assembly.dir</td>
+          <td>yes - default is ${maven.dist.assembly.dir}/bin/${maven.final.name}</td>
+          <td>The directory where the binaries are copied to so that it can be archived</td>
+        </tr> 
+        <tr>
+          <td>maven.dist.src.assembly.dir</td>
+          <td>yes - default is ${maven.dist.assembly.dir}/src/${maven.final.name}</td>
+          <td>The directory where the sources are copied to so that it can be archived</td>
+        </tr> 
+        <tr>
+          <td>maven.dist.dir</td>
+          <td>yes - default is ${maven.build.dir}/distributions</td>
+          <td>The target directory that the final archive is placed in</td>
+        </tr> 
       </table>
     </section>
   </body>