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 7f30e56..1a22cd8 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
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ import java.util.Set;
 
 /**
  * Generate a <a href="/ref/current/maven-plugin-api/plugin.html">Maven Plugin Descriptor XML file</a> and
- * corresponding help content.
+ * corresponding <code>plugin-help.xml</code> help content for {@link PluginHelpGenerator}.
  *
  * @version $Id$
  * @todo add example usage tag that can be shown in the doco
@@ -76,10 +76,11 @@ public class PluginDescriptorGenerator
 
             // write plugin-help.xml help-descriptor
             MavenProject mavenProject = request.getProject();
-            String pluginHelpFilePath =
-                "META-INF/maven/" + mavenProject.getGroupId() + "/" + mavenProject.getArtifactId() + "/plugin-help.xml";
 
-            f = new File( request.getProject().getBuild().getOutputDirectory(), pluginHelpFilePath );
+            f =
+                new File( mavenProject.getBuild().getOutputDirectory(),
+                          PluginHelpGenerator.getPluginHelpPath( mavenProject ) );
+
             writeDescriptor( f, request, true );
         }
         catch ( IOException e )
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-generators/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/generator/PluginHelpGenerator.java b/maven-plugin-tools-generators/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/generator/PluginHelpGenerator.java
index a753f8e..f8ffe76 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-generators/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/generator/PluginHelpGenerator.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-generators/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/generator/PluginHelpGenerator.java
@@ -138,10 +138,7 @@ public class PluginHelpGenerator
             File helpClass = new File( destinationDirectory, sourcePath );
             helpClass.getParentFile().mkdirs();
 
-            MavenProject mavenProject = request.getProject();
-            String pluginResourcesPath = "META-INF/maven/" + mavenProject.getGroupId() + "/" + mavenProject.getArtifactId();
-
-            String helpClassSources = getHelpClassSources( pluginResourcesPath, pluginDescriptor );
+            String helpClassSources = getHelpClassSources( getPluginHelpPath( request.getProject() ), pluginDescriptor );
 
             FileUtils.fileWrite( helpClass, request.getEncoding(), helpClassSources );
         }
@@ -172,7 +169,7 @@ public class PluginHelpGenerator
     // Private methods
     // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-    private String getHelpClassSources( String pluginResourcesPath, PluginDescriptor pluginDescriptor )
+    private String getHelpClassSources( String pluginHelpPath, PluginDescriptor pluginDescriptor )
     {
         Properties properties = new Properties();
         VelocityContext context = new VelocityContext( properties );
@@ -184,7 +181,7 @@ public class PluginHelpGenerator
         {
             properties.put( "helpPackageName", "" );
         }
-        properties.put( "pluginHelpPath", pluginResourcesPath + "/plugin-help.xml" );
+        properties.put( "pluginHelpPath", pluginHelpPath );
         properties.put( "artifactId", pluginDescriptor.getArtifactId() );
         properties.put( "goalPrefix", pluginDescriptor.getGoalPrefix() );
 
@@ -256,6 +253,11 @@ public class PluginHelpGenerator
         }
     }
 
+    static String getPluginHelpPath( MavenProject mavenProject )
+    {
+        return "META-INF/maven/" + mavenProject.getGroupId() + "/" + mavenProject.getArtifactId() + "/plugin-help.xml";
+    }
+
     /**
      * Rewrite Help Mojo to match actual Mojos package name if it was not available at source generation
      * time. This is used at descriptor generation time.