diff --git a/src/main/java/com/ning/maven/plugins/dependencyversionscheck/AbstractDependencyVersionsMojo.java b/src/main/java/com/ning/maven/plugins/dependencyversionscheck/AbstractDependencyVersionsMojo.java
index 41321a4..a0b7f38 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/ning/maven/plugins/dependencyversionscheck/AbstractDependencyVersionsMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/ning/maven/plugins/dependencyversionscheck/AbstractDependencyVersionsMojo.java
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractDependencyVersionsMojo extends AbstractMojo
      *   </configuration>
      * </pre>
      *
-     * @parameter default-value="false"
+     * @parameter default-value="false" property="dependencyversionscheck.skip"
      */
     protected boolean skip = false;