The maven team is pleased to announce the Maven JXR Plug-in 1.4.3-SNAPSHOT release! http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/jxr/ Create cross reference. Changes in this version include: Fixed bugs: o Close streams properly on errors Issue: MPJXR-20. Thanks to Ola Sandness. o Ignore Java 5 package-info.java files Issue: MPJXR-26. o Fix malformed HTML when "package" or "import" used in the code/comments outside of the normal keyword use Issue: MPJXR-11. Thanks to Lukas Theussi. o Remove hardcoded encoding in templates. Issue: MPJXR-18. To automatically install the plugin, type the following on a single line: maven plugin:download -DgroupId=maven -DartifactId=maven-jxr-plugin -Dversion=1.4.3-SNAPSHOT For a manual installation, you can download the plugin here: http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/java-repository/maven/plugins/maven-jxr-plugin-1.4.3-SNAPSHOT.jar Have fun! -The maven team