diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/site/apt/index.apt b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/site/apt/index.apt
index 7d94ac3..d433653 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/site/apt/index.apt
+++ b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/site/apt/index.apt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 Maven Plugin Plugin
 
- The Maven Plugin Plugin is used to create a Maven plugin descriptor for any
+ The Maven Plugin Plugin is used to create a {{{/ref/current/maven-plugin-api/plugin.html}Maven plugin descriptor}} for any
  {{{/general.html#What_is_a_Mojo}Mojo}}'s found in the source tree, to include in the JAR.
  It is also used to generate report files for the Mojos as well as for updating the plugin registry, the artifact
  metadata and generating a generic help goal.
diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/site/apt/usage.apt b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/site/apt/usage.apt
index 4a1672c..5a38b9c 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/site/apt/usage.apt
+++ b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/site/apt/usage.apt
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ Usage
 * The <<<plugin:descriptor>>> Goal
 
   The <<<plugin:descriptor>>> goal is bound to the <<<process-classes>>> phase since 3.0; it was bound to <<<generate-resources>>> phase previously.
-  This goal generates the plugin descriptor, which is an xml file that contains information about the plugin.
+  This goal generates the plugin descriptor, which is an xml file that contains information about the plugin
+  (see {{{/ref/current/maven-plugin-api/plugin.html}descriptor's reference}}).
 
   For example, you want to create an archive of your plugin and you execute
 
diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/site/site.xml b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/site/site.xml
index 066b5e8..06dc314 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/site/site.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/site/site.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ under the License.
 
     <menu name="Developers">
       <item name="Maven Plugin Tools" href="/plugin-tools/index.html"/>
+      <item name="Maven Plugin Descriptor" href="/ref/current/maven-plugin-api/plugin.html"/>
       <item name="Multiple Language Support: Redesign Notes" href="multiple-language-support.html"/>
     </menu>
   </body>
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-generators/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/generator/PluginDescriptorGenerator.java b/maven-plugin-tools-generators/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/generator/PluginDescriptorGenerator.java
index 694d282..f517db3 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-generators/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/generator/PluginDescriptorGenerator.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-generators/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/generator/PluginDescriptorGenerator.java
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 /**
+ * Generate a <a href="/ref/current/maven-plugin-api/plugin.html">Maven Plugin Descriptor XML file</a>.
+ *
  * @version $Id$
  * @todo add example usage tag that can be shown in the doco
  * @todo need to add validation directives so that systems embedding maven2 can
diff --git a/src/site/apt/index.apt b/src/site/apt/index.apt
index 67a59b6..dec7cd0 100644
--- a/src/site/apt/index.apt
+++ b/src/site/apt/index.apt
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Maven Plugin Tools
 *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
 | {{{./maven-plugin-tools-api/index.html}maven-plugin-tools-api}}             | Descriptor extractor API, used by maven-plugin-plugin to extract Plugin information.
 *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
-| {{{./maven-plugin-tools-generators/index.html}maven-plugin-tools-generators}} | Generators (help, documentation), used by maven-plugin-plugin to generate content from descriptor.
+| {{{./maven-plugin-tools-generators/index.html}maven-plugin-tools-generators}} | Generators (descriptor, help, documentation), used by maven-plugin-plugin to generate content from descriptor.
 *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
 | \ \ {{{./maven-plugin-tools-java/index.html}maven-plugin-tools-java}}               | Descriptor extractor for plugins written in Java annotated with Mojo Javadoc Tags.
 *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+