From 0a118d6e244e17cf27654ce6e17b1d3140c0967e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Herv=C3=A9=20Boutemy?= <hboutemy@apache.org>
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2022 09:55:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [MNG-7408] explain Maven 3 reporting plugin version selection

---
 maven-model/src/main/mdo/maven.mdo | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/maven-model/src/main/mdo/maven.mdo b/maven-model/src/main/mdo/maven.mdo
index 61d9ceb6d5..5242d30535 100644
--- a/maven-model/src/main/mdo/maven.mdo
+++ b/maven-model/src/main/mdo/maven.mdo
@@ -2835,7 +2835,12 @@
         <field>
           <name>version</name>
           <version>4.0.0+</version>
-          <description>The version of the reporting plugin to be used.</description>
+          <description>
+            <![CDATA[
+            The version of the reporting plugin to be used. Starting with Maven 3, if no version is defined explicitely,
+            version is searched in <code>build/plugins</code> then in <code>build/pluginManagement</code>.
+            ]]>
+          </description>
           <type>String</type>
         </field>
         <field>