diff --git a/sbt/src/main/scala/sbt/BuilderProject.scala b/sbt/src/main/scala/sbt/BuilderProject.scala
index 820360c4f..c8de1a806 100644
--- a/sbt/src/main/scala/sbt/BuilderProject.scala
+++ b/sbt/src/main/scala/sbt/BuilderProject.scala
@@ -153,8 +153,15 @@ final class BuilderProject(val info: ProjectInfo, val pluginPath: Path, rawLogge
 		lazy val extract = pluginTask(extractSources()) dependsOn(autoUpdate)
 		lazy val autoUpdate = pluginTask(loadAndUpdate(false)) dependsOn(compile)
 		// manual update.  force uptodate = false
-		lazy val update = task { setUptodate(false); loadAndUpdate(true) } dependsOn(compile)
+		lazy val update = task { manualUpdate() } dependsOn(compile) describedAs("Manual plugin update.  Used when autoUpdate is disabled.")
 
+		def manualUpdate() =
+		{
+			setUptodate(false)
+			val result = loadAndUpdate(true)
+			logInfo("'reload' required to rebuild plugins.")
+			result
+		}
 		def doSync() = pluginCompileConditional.run orElse { setUptodate(true); None }
 		def extractSources() =
 		{
diff --git a/sbt/src/main/scala/sbt/Main.scala b/sbt/src/main/scala/sbt/Main.scala
index 813189cdf..ca094d6b2 100755
--- a/sbt/src/main/scala/sbt/Main.scala
+++ b/sbt/src/main/scala/sbt/Main.scala
@@ -454,6 +454,7 @@ class xMain extends xsbti.AppMain
 		printCmd(SetAction + " <property> <value>", "Sets the value of the property given as its argument.")
 		printCmd(GetAction + " <property>", "Gets the value of the property given as its argument.")
 		printCmd(ProjectConsoleAction, "Enters the Scala interpreter with the current project definition bound to the variable 'current' and all members imported.")
+		printCmd(BuilderCommand, "Set the current project to be the project definition builder.")
 		if(!isInteractive)
 			printCmd(InteractiveCommand, "Enters the sbt interactive shell")
 	}