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..2bf92ed365 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
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ import org.dom4j.Node;
  * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
  *
  * @version $Id: VersionTransformer.java 115421 2004-06-01 02:20:18Z dion $
+ * @todo check to make sure the basic structure of the document is good. just ran into a bug
+ * with the first version of the converter and the root element was <model> not <project>.
  */
 public class VersionTransformer
     extends AbstractPomTransformer