The maven team is pleased to announce the Maven Javadoc Plug-in 1.7-SNAPSHOT 
release! 

http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/javadoc/



Changes in this version include:

  New Features:

o Added maven.javadoc.copyright property Issue: MPJAVADOC-39. 

  Fixed bugs:

o Default javadoc scope (package) can't be replaced by private or public. 
  Issue: MPJAVADOC-37. 
o Javadoc fails if pom.package isn't specified. Issue: MPJAVADOC-36.  

To automatically install the plugin, type the following on a single line:

maven plugin:download 
  -DgroupId=maven 
  -DartifactId=maven-javadoc-plugin
  -Dversion=1.7-SNAPSHOT

For a manual installation, you can download the plugin here:
http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/java-repository/maven/plugins/maven-javadoc-plugin-1.7-SNAPSHOT.jar
         

Have fun!
-The maven team