diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/fix-maven-since-3.x/antsample-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/fix-maven-since-3.x/antsample-maven-plugin/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29ccc6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/fix-maven-since-3.x/antsample-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+
+ 4.0.0
+
+
+ test
+ maven-since-3.x
+ 1.0-SNAPSHOT
+
+
+ test
+ antsample-maven-plugin
+ maven-plugin
+ ANT Sample
+ Just a test project
+ http://nowere.test
+ 2012
+
+
+ UTF-8
+
+
+
+
+ org.apache.maven
+ maven-plugin-api
+ 2.0
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ org.apache.maven.plugins
+ maven-plugin-plugin
+ @project.version@
+
+
+ org.apache.maven.plugin-tools
+ maven-plugin-tools-ant
+ @project.version@
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ org.apache.maven.plugins
+ maven-plugin-plugin
+ @project.version@
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/fix-maven-since-3.x/antsample-maven-plugin/src/main/scripts/sample.build.xml b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/fix-maven-since-3.x/antsample-maven-plugin/src/main/scripts/sample.build.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..227badb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/fix-maven-since-3.x/antsample-maven-plugin/src/main/scripts/sample.build.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/fix-maven-since-3.x/antsample-maven-plugin/src/main/scripts/sample.mojos.xml b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/fix-maven-since-3.x/antsample-maven-plugin/src/main/scripts/sample.mojos.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..392ad61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/fix-maven-since-3.x/antsample-maven-plugin/src/main/scripts/sample.mojos.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+
+
+
+
+ sample
+ sample-task
+ Just a test
+ false
+ false
+ 1.0
+
+
+
+ message
+ java.lang.String
+ true
+ false
+ 0.9
+ Test param
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/fix-maven-since-3.x/antsample-maven-plugin/src/site/site.xml b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/fix-maven-since-3.x/antsample-maven-plugin/src/site/site.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1efa9c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/fix-maven-since-3.x/antsample-maven-plugin/src/site/site.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ ${reports}
+
+
diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/fix-maven-since-3.x/invoker.properties b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/fix-maven-since-3.x/invoker.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f42a25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/fix-maven-since-3.x/invoker.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+invoker.goals.1 = clean install site
+
+
diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/fix-maven-since-3.x/javasample-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/fix-maven-since-3.x/javasample-maven-plugin/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54187f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/fix-maven-since-3.x/javasample-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+
+ 4.0.0
+
+
+ test
+ maven-since-3.x
+ 1.0-SNAPSHOT
+
+
+ test
+ javasample-maven-plugin
+ maven-plugin
+
+ Java Sample
+ Java Maven Mojo.
+ http://maven.apache.org
+
+
+ UTF-8
+
+
+
+
+ org.apache.maven
+ maven-plugin-api
+ 2.0
+
+
+
diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/fix-maven-since-3.x/javasample-maven-plugin/src/main/java/test/MyMojo.java b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/fix-maven-since-3.x/javasample-maven-plugin/src/main/java/test/MyMojo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee28d9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/fix-maven-since-3.x/javasample-maven-plugin/src/main/java/test/MyMojo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+package test;
+
+/*
+ * Copyright 2001-2005 The Apache Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileWriter;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * Goal which touches a timestamp file.
+ *
+ * @goal touch
+ * @since 1.0
+ *
+ * @phase process-sources
+ */
+public class MyMojo
+ extends AbstractMojo
+{
+ /**
+ * Location of the file.
+ * @parameter property="project.build.directory"
+ * @required
+ */
+ private File outputDirectory;
+
+ public void execute()
+ throws MojoExecutionException
+ {
+ File f = outputDirectory;
+
+ if ( !f.exists() )
+ {
+ f.mkdirs();
+ }
+
+ File touch = new File( f, "touch.txt" );
+
+ FileWriter w = null;
+ try
+ {
+ w = new FileWriter( touch );
+
+ w.write( "touch.txt" );
+ }
+ catch ( IOException e )
+ {
+ throw new MojoExecutionException( "Error creating file " + touch, e );
+ }
+ finally
+ {
+ if ( w != null )
+ {
+ try
+ {
+ w.close();
+ }
+ catch ( IOException e )
+ {
+ // ignore
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+}
diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/fix-maven-since-3.x/javasample-maven-plugin/src/site/site.xml b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/fix-maven-since-3.x/javasample-maven-plugin/src/site/site.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ebb29e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/fix-maven-since-3.x/javasample-maven-plugin/src/site/site.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ ${reports}
+
+
+
diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/fix-maven-since-3.x/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/fix-maven-since-3.x/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b8f1da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/fix-maven-since-3.x/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+
+ 4.0.0
+ test
+ maven-since-3.x
+ 1.0-SNAPSHOT
+ Samples
+ pom
+ Just a test project
+ http://nowere.test
+ 2012
+
+
+ antsample-maven-plugin
+ javasample-maven-plugin
+
+
+
+
+ org.codehaus.plexus
+ plexus-utils
+ 3.0
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ maven-plugin-plugin
+ 3.1
+
+
+ generated-helpmojo
+
+ helpmojo
+
+
+
+
+
+ org.apache.maven.plugin-tools
+ maven-plugin-tools-ant
+ 3.1
+
+
+
+
+ org.apache.maven.plugins
+ maven-site-plugin
+ 3.0
+
+
+ org.apache.maven.plugins
+ maven-project-info-reports-plugin
+ 2.4
+
+
+ org.apache.maven.plugins
+ maven-help-plugin
+ 2.1.1
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ org.apache.maven.plugins
+ maven-plugin-plugin
+ 3.1
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/fix-maven-since-3.x/verify.groovy b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/fix-maven-since-3.x/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2af0eb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/fix-maven-since-3.x/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+File touchFile = new File( basedir, "antsample-maven-plugin/target/site/sample-mojo.html" )
+assert touchFile.exists()
+assert touchFile.isFile()
+content = touchFile.text
+assert content.contains('Since');
+
+
+return true;
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-model/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/tools/model/PluginMetadataParser.java b/maven-plugin-tools-model/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/tools/model/PluginMetadataParser.java
index 40a4772..9af043a 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-model/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/tools/model/PluginMetadataParser.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-model/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/tools/model/PluginMetadataParser.java
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ public class PluginMetadataParser
descriptor.setRequiresReports( mojo.isRequiresReports() );
descriptor.setDescription( mojo.getDescription() );
descriptor.setDeprecated( mojo.getDeprecation() );
+ descriptor.setSince( mojo.getSince() );
LifecycleExecution le = mojo.getExecution();
if ( le != null )
@@ -147,6 +148,7 @@ public class PluginMetadataParser
dParam.setEditable( !param.isReadonly() );
dParam.setExpression( param.getExpression() );
dParam.setDefaultValue( param.getDefaultValue() );
+ dParam.setSince( param.getSince() );
String property = param.getProperty();
if ( StringUtils.isNotEmpty( property ) )