diff --git a/src/it/mcompiler-106/pom.xml b/src/it/mcompiler-106/pom.xml
index bb62fffd..edbafc0b 100644
--- a/src/it/mcompiler-106/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/mcompiler-106/pom.xml
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ under the License.
         <configuration>
           <fork>true</fork>
           <compilerArguments>
-             <Xlint/>
-             <Xlint:-path/>
-           </compilerArguments>
+            <Xlint/>
+            <Averbose>true</Averbose>
+          </compilerArguments>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/src/it/mcompiler-106/verify.groovy b/src/it/mcompiler-106/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..10e4db49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/mcompiler-106/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+def logFile = new File( basedir, 'build.log' )
+assert logFile.exists()
+content = logFile.text
+
+assert content.contains( ' -Averbose=true' )
+assert content.contains( ' -Xlint' )
+
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/compiler/AbstractCompilerMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/compiler/AbstractCompilerMojo.java
index b24e6577..fb285afb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/compiler/AbstractCompilerMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/compiler/AbstractCompilerMojo.java
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractCompilerMojo extends AbstractMojo {
     /**
      * <p>
      * Sets the unformatted single argument string to be passed to the compiler. To pass multiple arguments such as
-     * <code>-Xmaxerrs 1000</code> (which are actually two arguments) you have to use {@link #compilerArguments}.
+     * <code>-Xmaxerrs 1000</code> (which are actually two arguments) you have to use {@link #compilerArgs}.
      * </p>
      * <p>
      * This is because the list of valid arguments passed to a Java compiler varies based on the compiler version.