diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-release-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-plugins/maven-release-plugin/pom.xml
index 70dfda6fca..854071e5d1 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-release-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-release-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-input-handler</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/release/PrepareReleaseMojo.java b/maven-plugins/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/release/PrepareReleaseMojo.java
index 6f76df866c..5699e533ef 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/release/PrepareReleaseMojo.java
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/release/PrepareReleaseMojo.java
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ private void transformPomToReleaseVersionPom()
 
             transformer.transformNodes();
 
-            transformer.write();                       
+            transformer.write();
         }
         catch ( Exception e )
         {
@@ -337,7 +337,8 @@ private void transformPomToSnapshotVersionPom()
         throws MojoExecutionException
     {
         // TODO: we will need to incorporate versioning strategies here because it is unlikely
-        // that everyone will be able to agree on a standard.
+        // that everyone will be able to agree on a standard. This is extremely limited right
+        // now and really only works for the way maven is versioned.
 
         // releaseVersion = 1.0-beta-4
         // snapshotVersion = 1.0-beta-5-SNAPSHOT
diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/transformer/VersionTransformer.java b/maven-plugins/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/transformer/VersionTransformer.java
index 4081210b5a..f1a26d4101 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/transformer/VersionTransformer.java
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/transformer/VersionTransformer.java
@@ -64,14 +64,10 @@ public void transformNode( Node node )
 
             if ( version != null )
             {
-                System.out.println( ">> We have a version element and we are changing it to " + getUpdatedModel().getVersion() );
-
                 version.setText( getUpdatedModel().getVersion() );
             }
             else
             {
-                System.out.println( ">> We are adding a version element and we are setting it to " + getUpdatedModel().getVersion() );
-
                 project.addElement( "version" ).addText( getUpdatedModel().getVersion() );
             }
         }