diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-api/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/generator/AbstractGeneratorTestCase.java b/maven-plugin-tools-api/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/generator/AbstractGeneratorTestCase.java
index b3b1d41..a2020f4 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-api/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/generator/AbstractGeneratorTestCase.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-api/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/generator/AbstractGeneratorTestCase.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import junit.framework.TestCase;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.descriptor.MojoDescriptor;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.descriptor.Parameter;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.descriptor.PluginDescriptor;
+import org.apache.maven.tools.plugin.DefaultPluginToolsRequest;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.component.repository.ComponentDependency;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.FileUtils;
 
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractGeneratorTestCase
         FileUtils.deleteDirectory( destinationDirectory );
         destinationDirectory.mkdir();
 
-        generator.execute( destinationDirectory, pluginDescriptor );
+        generator.execute( destinationDirectory, new DefaultPluginToolsRequest( null, pluginDescriptor ) );
 
         validate( destinationDirectory );
 
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-api/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/generator/PluginHelpGeneratorTest.java b/maven-plugin-tools-api/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/generator/PluginHelpGeneratorTest.java
index 8c0eca7..78565f2 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-api/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/generator/PluginHelpGeneratorTest.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-api/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/generator/PluginHelpGeneratorTest.java
@@ -26,34 +26,5 @@ package org.apache.maven.tools.plugin.generator;
 public class PluginHelpGeneratorTest
     extends AbstractGeneratorTestCase
 {
-    public void testToText()
-        throws Exception
-    {
-        String javadoc = null;
-        assertEquals( "", PluginHelpGenerator.toText( javadoc ) );
-        javadoc = "";
-        assertEquals( "", PluginHelpGenerator.toText( javadoc ) );
-
-        // line breaks
-        javadoc = "Line1\nLine2";
-        assertEquals( "Line1 Line2", PluginHelpGenerator.toText( javadoc ) );
-        javadoc = "Line1\rLine2";
-        assertEquals( "Line1 Line2", PluginHelpGenerator.toText( javadoc ) );
-        javadoc = "Line1\r\nLine2";
-        assertEquals( "Line1 Line2", PluginHelpGenerator.toText( javadoc ) );
-        javadoc = "Line1<br>Line2";
-        assertEquals( "Line1\nLine2", PluginHelpGenerator.toText( javadoc ) );
-
-        // true HTML
-        javadoc = "Generates <i>something</i> for the project.";
-        assertEquals( "Generates something for the project.", PluginHelpGenerator.toText( javadoc ) );
-
-        // wrong HTML
-        javadoc = "Generates <i>something</i> <b> for the project.";
-        assertEquals( "Generates something for the project.", PluginHelpGenerator.toText( javadoc ) );
-
-        // javadoc inline tags
-        javadoc = "Generates {@code something} for the project.";
-        assertEquals( "Generates something for the project.", PluginHelpGenerator.toText( javadoc ) );
-    }
+    // inherits tests from base class
 }
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-api/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/scanner/DefaultMojoScannerTest.java b/maven-plugin-tools-api/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/scanner/DefaultMojoScannerTest.java
index e5ee239..af192a5 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-api/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/scanner/DefaultMojoScannerTest.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-api/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/scanner/DefaultMojoScannerTest.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.apache.maven.plugin.descriptor.InvalidPluginDescriptorException;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.descriptor.MojoDescriptor;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.descriptor.PluginDescriptor;
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.tools.plugin.DefaultPluginToolsRequest;
 import org.apache.maven.tools.plugin.extractor.ExtractionException;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ public class DefaultMojoScannerTest
     {
         PluginDescriptor pluginDescriptor = createPluginDescriptor();
 
-        scanner.populatePluginDescriptor( project, pluginDescriptor );
+        scanner.populatePluginDescriptor( new DefaultPluginToolsRequest( project, pluginDescriptor ) );
 
         checkResult( pluginDescriptor, extractors.keySet() );
     }
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ public class DefaultMojoScannerTest
         PluginDescriptor pluginDescriptor = createPluginDescriptor();
 
         scanner.setActiveExtractors( activeExtractors );
-        scanner.populatePluginDescriptor( project, pluginDescriptor );
+        scanner.populatePluginDescriptor( new DefaultPluginToolsRequest( project, pluginDescriptor ) );
 
         checkResult( pluginDescriptor, Arrays.asList( new String[]{"one", "three"} ) );
     }
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ public class DefaultMojoScannerTest
         PluginDescriptor pluginDescriptor = createPluginDescriptor();
 
         scanner.setActiveExtractors( null );
-        scanner.populatePluginDescriptor( project, pluginDescriptor );
+        scanner.populatePluginDescriptor( new DefaultPluginToolsRequest( project, pluginDescriptor ) );
 
         checkResult( pluginDescriptor, extractors.keySet() );
     }
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ public class DefaultMojoScannerTest
         scanner.setActiveExtractors( Collections.EMPTY_SET );
         try
         {
-            scanner.populatePluginDescriptor( project, pluginDescriptor );
+            scanner.populatePluginDescriptor( new DefaultPluginToolsRequest( project, pluginDescriptor ) );
             fail( "Expected exception" );
         }
         catch (InvalidPluginDescriptorException e)
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ public class DefaultMojoScannerTest
 
         try
         {
-            scanner.populatePluginDescriptor( project, pluginDescriptor );
+            scanner.populatePluginDescriptor( new DefaultPluginToolsRequest( project, pluginDescriptor ) );
             fail( "No error for unknown extractor" );
         }
         catch ( ExtractionException e )
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-api/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/util/PluginUtilsTest.java b/maven-plugin-tools-api/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/util/PluginUtilsTest.java
index ab6285a..d895439 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-api/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/util/PluginUtilsTest.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-api/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/util/PluginUtilsTest.java
@@ -205,4 +205,35 @@ public class PluginUtilsTest
         assertEquals( "label", PluginUtils.decodeJavadocTags( javadoc ) );
     }
 
+    public void testToText()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        String javadoc = null;
+        assertEquals( "", PluginUtils.toText( javadoc ) );
+        javadoc = "";
+        assertEquals( "", PluginUtils.toText( javadoc ) );
+
+        // line breaks
+        javadoc = "Line1\nLine2";
+        assertEquals( "Line1 Line2", PluginUtils.toText( javadoc ) );
+        javadoc = "Line1\rLine2";
+        assertEquals( "Line1 Line2", PluginUtils.toText( javadoc ) );
+        javadoc = "Line1\r\nLine2";
+        assertEquals( "Line1 Line2", PluginUtils.toText( javadoc ) );
+        javadoc = "Line1<br>Line2";
+        assertEquals( "Line1\nLine2", PluginUtils.toText( javadoc ) );
+
+        // true HTML
+        javadoc = "Generates <i>something</i> for the project.";
+        assertEquals( "Generates something for the project.", PluginUtils.toText( javadoc ) );
+
+        // wrong HTML
+        javadoc = "Generates <i>something</i> <b> for the project.";
+        assertEquals( "Generates something for the project.", PluginUtils.toText( javadoc ) );
+
+        // javadoc inline tags
+        javadoc = "Generates {@code something} for the project.";
+        assertEquals( "Generates something for the project.", PluginUtils.toText( javadoc ) );
+    }
+
 }