diff --git a/src/main/groovy/com/palantir/gradle/gitversion/GitVersionPlugin.groovy b/src/main/groovy/com/palantir/gradle/gitversion/GitVersionPlugin.groovy
index ed8480e3..2c77a756 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/com/palantir/gradle/gitversion/GitVersionPlugin.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/com/palantir/gradle/gitversion/GitVersionPlugin.groovy
@@ -71,8 +71,12 @@ class GitVersionPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
             return new VersionDetails(tagName, commitCount)
         }
 
-        project.tasks.create('printVersion') << {
-            println project.version
+        project.tasks.create('printVersion') {
+            group = 'Versioning'
+            description = 'Prints the project\'s configured version to standard out'
+            doLast {
+                println project.version
+            }
         }
     }