diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/fromDependencies/AbstractDependencyFilterMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/fromDependencies/AbstractDependencyFilterMojo.java
index 9d6634998..d7ac2997c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/fromDependencies/AbstractDependencyFilterMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/fromDependencies/AbstractDependencyFilterMojo.java
@@ -122,14 +122,15 @@ public abstract class AbstractDependencyFilterMojo
protected String excludeTypes;
/**
- * Scope to include. An Empty string indicates all scopes (default). The scopes being interpreted are the scopes as
- * Maven sees them, not as specified in the pom. In summary:
+ * Scope to include. An empty string indicates include all dependencies (default).
+ * The selected scope value being interpreted is the scope as
+ * Maven filters for creating a classpath, not as specified in the pom. In summary:
*
runtime
scope gives runtime and compile dependencies,compile
scope gives compile, provided, and system dependencies,test
(default) scope gives all dependencies,provided
scope just gives provided dependencies,system
scope just gives system dependencies.runtime
include scope gives runtime and compile dependencies,compile
include scope gives compile, provided, and system dependencies,test
include scope gives all dependencies (equivalent to default),provided
include scope just gives provided dependencies,system
include scope just gives system dependencies.runtime
scope excludes runtime and compile dependencies,compile
scope excludes compile, provided, and system dependencies,test
scope excludes all dependencies, then not really a legitimate option: it will fail,
- * you probably meant to configure includeScope = compile or runtimeprovided
scope just excludes provided dependencies,system
scope just excludes system dependencies.runtime
exclude scope excludes runtime and compile dependencies,compile
exclude scope excludes compile, provided, and system dependencies,test
exclude scope excludes all dependencies, then not really a legitimate option: it will
+ * fail, you probably meant to configure includeScope = compileprovided
exclude scope just excludes provided dependencies,system
exclude scope just excludes system dependencies.