diff --git a/plexus-component-metadata/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/maven/plugin/PlexusDescriptorMojo.java b/plexus-component-metadata/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/maven/plugin/PlexusDescriptorMojo.java
index 3b7136e2b..fdce2f3a0 100644
--- a/plexus-component-metadata/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/maven/plugin/PlexusDescriptorMojo.java
+++ b/plexus-component-metadata/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/maven/plugin/PlexusDescriptorMojo.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 import org.codehaus.plexus.metadata.MetadataGenerationRequest;
 
 /**
- * Generates a Plexus <tt>components.xml</tt> component descriptor file from source (javadoc) or
+ * Generates a Plexus {@code components.xml} component descriptor file from source (javadoc) or
  * class annotations and manually crafted descriptor files.
  * 
  * @author Jason van Zyl
diff --git a/plexus-component-metadata/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/maven/plugin/PlexusTestDescriptorMojo.java b/plexus-component-metadata/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/maven/plugin/PlexusTestDescriptorMojo.java
index baa364a7d..3c7ab74ee 100644
--- a/plexus-component-metadata/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/maven/plugin/PlexusTestDescriptorMojo.java
+++ b/plexus-component-metadata/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/maven/plugin/PlexusTestDescriptorMojo.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 import org.codehaus.plexus.metadata.MetadataGenerationRequest;
 
 /**
- * Generates a Plexus <tt>components.xml</tt> component descriptor file from test source (javadoc)
+ * Generates a Plexus {@code components.xml} component descriptor file from test source (javadoc)
  * or test class annotations and manually crafted descriptor files.
  * 
  * @author Jason van Zyl
diff --git a/plexus-component-metadata/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/metadata/gleaner/AnnotationComponentGleaner.java b/plexus-component-metadata/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/metadata/gleaner/AnnotationComponentGleaner.java
index c9dae83fd..0b2ba6ede 100644
--- a/plexus-component-metadata/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/metadata/gleaner/AnnotationComponentGleaner.java
+++ b/plexus-component-metadata/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/metadata/gleaner/AnnotationComponentGleaner.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.IOUtil;
 
 /**
- * A class component gleaner which inspects each type for <tt>org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.*</tt> annotations
+ * A class component gleaner which inspects each type for {@code org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.*} annotations
  * and when found translates them into a {@link ComponentDescriptor}.
  *
  */
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 04fc66df8..a1def6988 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
   <scm>
     <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-containers.git</connection>
-    <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-containers.git</developerConnection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:git:https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-containers.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-containers</url>
     <tag>HEAD</tag>
   </scm>