diff --git a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-velocity/src/main/java/org/codehaus/modello/plugin/velocity/VelocityGenerator.java b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-velocity/src/main/java/org/codehaus/modello/plugin/velocity/VelocityGenerator.java
index c5010c1cb..219b6ba03 100644
--- a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-velocity/src/main/java/org/codehaus/modello/plugin/velocity/VelocityGenerator.java
+++ b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-velocity/src/main/java/org/codehaus/modello/plugin/velocity/VelocityGenerator.java
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public void generate( Model model, Properties parameters ) throws ModelloExcepti
             for ( String templatePath : templates.split( "," ) )
             {
                 Template template = velocity.getTemplate( templatePath );
-                context.put( "generatedBy", "Generated by Modello Velocity from " + templatePath + " template, any modifications will be overwritten." );
+                context.put( "template", templatePath );
 
                 try ( Writer w = new RedirectingWriter( Paths.get( output ) ) )
                 {
diff --git a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-velocity/src/site/xdoc/index.xml b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-velocity/src/site/xdoc/index.xml
index 0c4674588..df3885287 100644
--- a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-velocity/src/site/xdoc/index.xml
+++ b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-velocity/src/site/xdoc/index.xml
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
         <tr><td><code>Helper</code></td><td><a href="apidocs/org/codehaus/modello/plugin/velocity/Helper.html"><code>Helper</code></a></td>
             <td>A helper tool with classical functions useful to generate content from a Modello model API.</td>
         </tr>
-        <tr><td><code>generatedBy</code></td><td><code>String</code></td>
-            <td>"Generated by Modello Velocity from " + templatePath + " template, any modifications will be overwritten."</td>
+        <tr><td><code>template</code></td><td><code>String</code></td>
+            <td>the template that is being evaluated.</td>
         </tr>
       </table>
       </p>