diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-services/src/test/java/org/apache/archiva/rest/services/AbstractArchivaRestTest.java b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-services/src/test/java/org/apache/archiva/rest/services/AbstractArchivaRestTest.java
index 8c78f5dde..b36e9ee68 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-services/src/test/java/org/apache/archiva/rest/services/AbstractArchivaRestTest.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-services/src/test/java/org/apache/archiva/rest/services/AbstractArchivaRestTest.java
@@ -207,12 +207,14 @@ public abstract class AbstractArchivaRestTest
             JAXRSClientFactory.create( getBaseUrl() + "/" + getRestServicesPath() + "/archivaServices/",
                                        SearchService.class,
                                        Collections.singletonList( new JacksonJaxbJsonProvider() ) );
-
+        // to add authentification
         if ( authzHeader != null )
         {
             WebClient.client( service ).header( "Authorization", authzHeader );
         }
+        // to configure read timeout
         WebClient.getConfig( service ).getHttpConduit().getClient().setReceiveTimeout( 100000000 );
+        // if you want to use json as exchange format xml is supported too
         WebClient.client( service ).accept( MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_TYPE );
         WebClient.client( service ).type( MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_TYPE );
         return service;
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6b02ef848..1a33834c5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -471,6 +471,7 @@
         <artifactId>jsr311-api</artifactId>
         <version>1.1.1</version>
       </dependency>
+      <!-- START SNIPPET: rest-dependencies -->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-jaxrs</artifactId>
@@ -505,7 +506,7 @@
           </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
-
+      <!-- END SNIPPET: rest-dependencies -->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
         <artifactId>guava</artifactId>