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@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ This is a maven plugin that provides directory/file merging/appending support to
 
 | Goal                 | Description |
 | -------------------- | ----------- |
-| `merge-files`        | Merge the configured fileset of directories and their files into  |
-| `merge-dirs`         | Apply a regular expression pattern against a set of property values, replacing matches with the specified text, and storing in new properties. |
-| `append-files`       | Apply a regular expression pattern against a property value, replacing matches with the specified text, and storing in a new property. |
+| `merge-files`        | Copy all the files in each fileset into a target directory; appending contents of any duplicate filenames. |
+| `merge-dirs`         | Copy all the directories in each fileset into a target directory; appending contents of duplicate filenames. |
+| `append-files`       | Append all the files in each fileset into a target file. |
 
 ### Goal: `merge-files`
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ This is a maven plugin that provides directory/file merging/appending support to
 | ---------------------- |:-----------:|:--------:| ------- | ----------- |
 | `filesets`             | `FileSet[]` | Yes      |         | Executes against these files. |
 | `includeHeader`        | `boolean`   |          | `false` | Should a header be added for each appended file? |
-| `outputFileName`       | `string`    |          | `merged.txt` | The file to output from the merged filesets. |
+| `outputFileName`       | `string`    |          | `merged.txt` | The name of the file to output from the merged filesets; will be created in fileset output directory. |
 | `chunkSize`            | `int`       |          | `1024`  | The streaming buffer/chunk size in bytes, while merging files.  Adjust for classic speed/memory trade-off. |
 | `encoding`             | `string`    |          | `utf-8` | |
 | `spacing`              | `int`       |          | `0`     | How much spacing between appended files. |