diff --git a/tools/ant-plugin/build.xml b/tools/ant-plugin/build.xml
index fb99542d17..a177254876 100644
--- a/tools/ant-plugin/build.xml
+++ b/tools/ant-plugin/build.xml
@@ -39,26 +39,30 @@
     <property name="jclouds.compute.url" value="compute://${jclouds.compute.account}:${jclouds.compute.key}@${jclouds.compute.provider}" />
     <property name="jclouds.compute.servername" value="testforjcloud2" />
 
-    <target name="list">
+    <target name="list" description="list the identity of all servers" >
         <compute action="list" provider="${jclouds.compute.url}" />
     </target>
 
-    <target name="clean">
+    <target name="list-details" description="list the details of all servers" >
+        <compute action="list-details" provider="${jclouds.compute.url}" />
+    </target>
+
+    <target name="destroy" description="destroy the server ${jclouds.compute.servername}" >
         <compute action="destroy" provider="${jclouds.compute.url}">
             <server name="${jclouds.compute.servername}" />
         </compute>
     </target>
 
-    <target name="get">
+    <target name="get" description="get the server ${jclouds.compute.servername}" >
         <compute action="get" provider="${jclouds.compute.url}">
             <server name="${jclouds.compute.servername}" />
         </compute>
     </target>
 
-    <target name="create">
+    <target name="create" description="create the server ${jclouds.compute.servername}" >
         <compute action="create" provider="${jclouds.compute.url}">
             <server name="${jclouds.compute.servername}" image="CENTOS_53" profile="SMALLEST" />
         </compute>
     </target>
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/tools/ant-plugin/src/main/java/org/jclouds/tools/ant/ComputeTask.java b/tools/ant-plugin/src/main/java/org/jclouds/tools/ant/ComputeTask.java
index 4be48b4717..047984a7c8 100644
--- a/tools/ant-plugin/src/main/java/org/jclouds/tools/ant/ComputeTask.java
+++ b/tools/ant-plugin/src/main/java/org/jclouds/tools/ant/ComputeTask.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 package org.jclouds.tools.ant;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Properties;
@@ -38,13 +39,14 @@ import org.jclouds.compute.domain.CreateServerResponse;
 import org.jclouds.compute.domain.Image;
 import org.jclouds.compute.domain.Profile;
 import org.jclouds.compute.domain.ServerIdentity;
+import org.jclouds.compute.domain.ServerMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.http.HttpUtils;
 import org.jclouds.tools.ant.logging.config.AntLoggingModule;
 
+import com.google.common.base.CaseFormat;
 import com.google.common.base.Function;
 import com.google.common.collect.MapMaker;
 import com.google.common.io.Resources;
-import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import com.google.inject.Module;
 import com.google.inject.Provider;
 
@@ -67,6 +69,10 @@ public class ComputeTask extends Task {
 
    };
 
+   public ComputeTask(Map<URI, ComputeService> computeMap) {
+      this.computeMap = computeMap;
+   }
+
    public ComputeTask() throws IOException {
       this(buildComputeMap(loadDefaultProperties()));
    }
@@ -90,12 +96,8 @@ public class ComputeTask extends Task {
 
    }
 
-   public ComputeTask(Map<URI, ComputeService> computeMap) {
-      this.computeMap = computeMap;
-   }
-
    public static enum Action {
-      CREATE, GET, LIST, DESTROY
+      CREATE, GET, LIST, LIST_DETAILS, DESTROY
    }
 
    private String provider;
@@ -119,7 +121,8 @@ public class ComputeTask extends Task {
 
    public void execute() throws BuildException {
       ComputeTask.project = getProject();
-      Action action = Action.valueOf(this.action.toUpperCase());
+      Action action = Action.valueOf(CaseFormat.LOWER_HYPHEN.to(CaseFormat.UPPER_UNDERSCORE,
+               this.action));
       ComputeService computeService = computeMap.get(HttpUtils.createUri(provider));
       switch (action) {
          case CREATE:
@@ -147,6 +150,12 @@ public class ComputeTask extends Task {
                log(String.format("   id=%s, name=%s", server.getId(), server.getName()));
             }
             break;
+         case LIST_DETAILS:
+            log("list details");
+            for (ServerIdentity server : computeService.listServers()) {// TODO parallel
+               logDetails(computeService, server);
+            }
+            break;
          default:
             this.log("bad action: " + action, Project.MSG_ERR);
       }
@@ -183,13 +192,26 @@ public class ComputeTask extends Task {
                .getName());
       if (serversThatMatch.size() > 0) {
          for (ServerIdentity server : serversThatMatch) {
-            log(String.format("   server id=%s, name=%s, value=%s", server.getId(), server
-                     .getName(), new Gson()
-                     .toJson(computeService.getServerMetadata(server.getId()))));
+            logDetails(computeService, server);
          }
       }
    }
 
+   private void logDetails(ComputeService computeService, ServerIdentity server) {
+      ServerMetadata metadata = computeService.getServerMetadata(server.getId());
+      log(String.format("   server id=%s, name=%s, state=%s, publicIp=%s, privateIp=%s", metadata
+               .getId(), server.getName(), metadata.getState(), ipOrEmptyString(metadata
+               .getPublicAddresses()), ipOrEmptyString(metadata.getPrivateAddresses())));
+   }
+
+   public static String ipOrEmptyString(SortedSet<InetAddress> set) {
+      if (set.size() > 0) {
+         return set.last().getHostAddress();
+      } else {
+         return "";
+      }
+   }
+
    public String getAction() {
       return action;
    }