diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 22c48fb3f..62049cfb6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 	<name>Spring Web Services</name>
 	<url>http://project.spring.io/spring-ws</url>
+	<description>Spring-based Web Services support</description>
 
 	<developers>
 		<developer>