diff --git a/compute/src/main/java/org/jclouds/compute/ComputeService.java b/compute/src/main/java/org/jclouds/compute/ComputeService.java
index dafe09244b..6ff1ea1ddf 100644
--- a/compute/src/main/java/org/jclouds/compute/ComputeService.java
+++ b/compute/src/main/java/org/jclouds/compute/ComputeService.java
@@ -52,7 +52,11 @@ public interface ComputeService {
    Map<String, ? extends Size> getSizes();
 
    /**
-    * all images available to the current user by id
+    * Images define the operating system and metadata related to a node. In some clouds, Images are
+    * bound to a specific region, and their identifiers are different across these regions. For this
+    * reason, you should consider matching image requirements like operating system family with
+    * TemplateBuilder as opposed to choosing an image explicitly. The getImages() command returns a
+    * map of images by id.
     */
    Map<String, ? extends Image> getImages();
 
@@ -71,9 +75,27 @@ public interface ComputeService {
    Map<String, ? extends Location> getLocations();
 
    /**
-    * create and run nodes in the specified tagset. If resources needed are currently available for
-    * this tag, they will be reused. Otherwise, they will be created. Inbound port 22 will always be
-    * opened up.
+    * 
+    * The compute api treats nodes as a group based on a tag you specify. Using this tag, you can
+    * choose to operate one or many nodes as a logical unit without regard to the implementation
+    * details of the cloud.
+    * <p/>
+    * 
+    * The set that is returned will include credentials you can use to ssh into the nodes. The "key"
+    * part of the credentials is either a password or a private key. You have to inspect the value
+    * to determine this.
+    * 
+    * <pre>
+    * if (node.getCredentials().key.startsWith("-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----"))
+    *    // it is a private key, not a password.
+    * </pre>
+    * 
+    * <p/>
+    * Note. if all you want to do is execute a script at bootup, you should consider use of the
+    * runscript option.
+    * <p/>
+    * If resources such as security groups are needed, they will be reused or created for you.
+    * Inbound port 22 will always be opened up.
     * 
     * @param tag
     *           - common identifier to group nodes by, cannot contain hyphens
@@ -81,7 +103,7 @@ public interface ComputeService {
     *           - how many to fire up.
     * @param template
     *           - how to configure the nodes
-    * 
+    * @return all of the nodes the api was able to launch in a running state.
     */
    NodeSet runNodesWithTag(String tag, int count, Template template);
 
@@ -92,7 +114,9 @@ public interface ComputeService {
    void destroyNode(ComputeMetadata node);
 
    /**
-    * destroy the nodes identified by this tag.
+    * nodes which are tagged are treated as a logical set. Using the delete command, you can save
+    * time by removing the nodes in parallel. When the last node in a set is destroyed, any indirect
+    * resources it uses, such as keypairs, are also destroyed.
     */
    void destroyNodesWithTag(String tag);
 
diff --git a/tools/antcontrib/samples/compute/build.xml b/tools/antcontrib/samples/compute/build.xml
index 2a65d15c1b..c5786769d7 100644
--- a/tools/antcontrib/samples/compute/build.xml
+++ b/tools/antcontrib/samples/compute/build.xml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
     />
 
     <compute actions="destroy" provider="${jclouds.compute.url}">
-      <node tag="${nodetag}" />
+      <nodes tag="${nodetag}" />
     </compute>
   </target>
 
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
     />
 
     <compute actions="get" provider="${jclouds.compute.url}">
-      <node tag="${nodetag}" />
+      <nodes tag="${nodetag}" />
     </compute>
   </target>
 
@@ -117,12 +117,17 @@
     <property name="os" value="UBUNTU" />
 
     <input
-      message="What do you want to name your node?"
+      message="What do you want to tag your nodes with?"
       addproperty="nodetag"
     />
 
+    <input
+      message="How many nodes would you like to create?"
+      addproperty="count"
+    />
+
     <compute actions="create" provider="${jclouds.compute.url}">
-      <node tag="${nodetag}" location="${location}" os="${os}" size="SMALLEST" hostproperty="host" usernameproperty="username" passwordproperty="password" />
+      <nodes tag="${nodetag}" count="${count}" os="${os}" size="SMALLEST" hostproperty="host" usernameproperty="username" passwordproperty="password" />
     </compute>
   </target>
 
diff --git a/tools/antcontrib/src/main/java/org/jclouds/tools/ant/taskdefs/compute/ComputeTask.java b/tools/antcontrib/src/main/java/org/jclouds/tools/ant/taskdefs/compute/ComputeTask.java
index 39c0a0b270..293227a8a5 100644
--- a/tools/antcontrib/src/main/java/org/jclouds/tools/ant/taskdefs/compute/ComputeTask.java
+++ b/tools/antcontrib/src/main/java/org/jclouds/tools/ant/taskdefs/compute/ComputeTask.java
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ import org.jclouds.http.HttpUtils;
 
 import com.google.common.base.CaseFormat;
 import com.google.common.base.Splitter;
-import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 import com.google.common.io.Files;
 import com.google.inject.Provider;
 
@@ -192,12 +191,11 @@ public class ComputeTask extends Task {
 
       Template template = createTemplateFromElement(nodeElement, computeService);
 
-      NodeMetadata createdNode = Iterables.getOnlyElement(computeService.runNodesWithTag(tag, nodeElement
-               .getCount(), template));
-
-      logNodeDetails(createdNode);
-
-      addNodeDetailsAsProjectProperties(createdNode);
+      for (NodeMetadata createdNode : computeService.runNodesWithTag(tag, nodeElement.getCount(),
+               template)) {
+         logNodeDetails(createdNode);
+         addNodeDetailsAsProjectProperties(createdNode);
+      }
    }
 
    private void logNodeDetails(NodeMetadata createdNode) {