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 c45fd06..e64d3b7 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
@@ -128,22 +128,38 @@ Using Plugin Tools Java5 Annotations
  to avoid failure on default execution phase and add another execution:
  
 +-----+
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <!-- see http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-5346 -->
-          <skipErrorNoDescriptorsFound>true</skipErrorNoDescriptorsFound>
-        </configuration>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>mojo-descriptor</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>descriptor</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-   ...
+<project>
+  ...
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>maven-2</id>
+      <activation>
+        <file>
+          <!--  This employs that the basedir expression is only recognized by Maven 3.x (see MNG-2363) -->
+          <missing>${basedir}</missing>
+        </file>
+      </activation>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
+            <configuration>
+              <!-- see http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-5346 -->
+              <skipErrorNoDescriptorsFound>true</skipErrorNoDescriptorsFound>
+            </configuration>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>mojo-descriptor</id>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>descriptor</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>    
+  </profiles>
+</project>
 +-----+