help strings need help, they are not helpful out of context
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                 Key: MRELEASE-563
                 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MRELEASE-563
             Project: Maven 2.x Release Plugin
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: documentation
    Affects Versions: 2.0
            Reporter: Benson Margulies


run mvn release:help, and see the following. The 'for more info' sentences are 
confusing and unhelpful.


{noformat}
 release a project with Maven, saving a lot of
  repetitive, manual work.

This plugin has 9 goals:

release:branch
  Branch a project in SCM. For more info see this example.

release:clean
  Clean up after a release preparation. For more info see this example.

release:help
  Display help information on maven-release-plugin.
  Call
    mvn release:help -Ddetail=true -Dgoal=<goal-name>
  to display parameter details.

release:perform
  Perform a release from SCM. For more info see this example.

release:prepare
  Prepare for a release in SCM. For more info see this example.

release:prepare-with-pom
  Prepare for a release in SCM, fully resolving dependencies for the purpose of
  producing a 'release POM'. For more info see this example.

release:rollback
  Rollback changes made by a previous release. For more info see this 
{noformat}

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