diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/site/apt/examples/using-annotations.apt.vm b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/site/apt/examples/using-annotations.apt.vm
index 8a710dc..870daca 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/site/apt/examples/using-annotations.apt.vm
+++ b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/site/apt/examples/using-annotations.apt.vm
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ Using Plugin Tools Java5 Annotations
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-tools</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-plugin-annotations</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
-      <scope>provided</scope><!-- annotations are needed only to build the plugin -->
+      <optional>true</optional> <!-- annotations are not used at runtime because @Retention(value=CLASS), they are needed only to build the plugin -->
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   ...