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diff --git a/src/site/apt/pitfalls.apt b/src/site/apt/pitfalls.apt
index 0640e7fe..355e369e 100644
--- a/src/site/apt/pitfalls.apt
+++ b/src/site/apt/pitfalls.apt
@@ -1,11 +1,24 @@
-Known Pitfalls
+  ---
+  Known Pitfalls
+  ---
+  Kai Moritz
+  ---
 
-* hibernate4-maven-plugin always needs a database-connection
+Annotated classes in dependencies are not found.
+
+  hibernate4-maven-plugin by default scans dependencies in the scope
+  <code>compile</code>. You can configure it to scan dependencies in other
+  scopes as well. But it scans only direct dependencies. Transitive
+  dependencies are not scanned for annotated classes. If some of your
+  annotated classes are hidden in a transitive dependency, you can simply
+  add that dependency explicitly.
+
+hibernate4-maven-plugin always needs a database-connection
 
   The default-configuration uses the EXPORT-target of the SchemaExport-Tool.
   If you do not need to create a database with the evaluated schema, you can
   use the NONE- or the SCRIPT-target.
-  This can be achieved with the commandline-parameter
+  This can be achieved with the command-line parameter
   <<<-Dhibernate.export.target=SCRIPT>>> or with the following configuration:
 
 ------------
@@ -17,7 +30,7 @@ Known Pitfalls
   But even when no database is to be created, hibernate always needs to know
   the dialect. Hence, the plugin will fail if this parameter is missing!
 
-* Dependency for driver-class XYZ is missing
+Dependency for driver-class XYZ is missing
 
   One regular problem is the scope of the jdbc-driver-dependency.
   It is very unlikely, that this dependency is needed at compile-time.
@@ -81,7 +94,7 @@ Known Pitfalls
   Because otherwise, this dependency will unnecessarily bloat the
   runtime-dependencies of your project.
 
-* DBUnit {fails} after execution of hibernate4 was skipped because nothing has changed
+DBUnit {fails} after execution of hibernate4 was skipped because nothing has changed
 
   If hibernate4-maven-plugin skips its excecution, this may lead to errors in
   other plugins.
@@ -113,7 +126,7 @@ Known Pitfalls
 </plugin>
 ------------
 
-* The database will not be recreated after a manual drop/clean
+The database will not be recreated after a manual drop/clean
 
   If one manually drops the database or removes the hsqldb-files, it will not
   be recreated by the hibernate4-maven-plugin, because it cannot detect, that
@@ -128,27 +141,18 @@ Known Pitfalls
 [INFO] Skipping schema generation!
 -------------
 
-  If one always uses <<<mvn clen>>> for cleanup, this will not happen.
+  If one always uses <<<mvn clean>>> for cleanup, this will not happen.
   Otherwise the recreation must be {{{./force.html}forced}}:
 
 -------------
 mvn hibernate4:export -Dhibernate.export.force=true
 -------------
 
-* The hibernate4:export goal is executed, even if <<<maven.test.skip>>> is
-  <<<true>>>
-
-  Up to version 1.0.2 the hibernate4-maven-plugin automatically skipped
-  its execution, when <<<maven.test.skip>>> was set to <<<true>>>. Starting
-  with version 1.0.3 this behaviour was changed. The plugin now only skips
-  its execution, when explicitliy told so via the configuration-parameter
-  <<<skip>>> or via the property <<<hibernate.export.skip>>>.
+The hibernate4:export goal is not executed, when tests are skipped
 
-  This change was made, because in some use-cases it is necessary, that the
-  database-schema is always build and/or exported, even if the tests are
-  skipped, which was not possible with the old behaviour.
-
-  If you need/like the old behaviour, you can turn it on in your configuration:
+  The hibernate4-maven-plugin automatically skips its execution, when
+  <<<maven.test.skip>>> is set to <<<true>>>. If you need it to be always
+  executed, you can configure that explicitly like this:
 
 ------------
 <plugin>
@@ -156,7 +160,10 @@ mvn hibernate4:export -Dhibernate.export.force=true
   <artifactId>hibernate4-maven-plugin</artifactId>
   ...
   <configuration>
-    <skip>${maven.test.skip}</skip>
+    <skip>false</skip>
   </configuration>
 </plugin>
 ------------
+
+  Background-information for this design-decission can be found on the extra
+  page {{{./skip.html}To skip or not to skip: that is the question}}...