diff --git a/maven-core-it/it0000/pom.xml b/maven-core-it/it0000/pom.xml
index 7022156b0b..6e56aa2603 100644
--- a/maven-core-it/it0000/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-core-it/it0000/pom.xml
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
   <artifactId>maven-core-it0000</artifactId>
+  <description>The simplest of builds. We have one application class and one test
+        class. There are no resources, no source generation, no resource
+        generation and a the super model is employed to provide the build
+        information.</description>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <version>1.0</version>
   <dependencies>