diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/mavenplugin/PluginXmlParser.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/mavenplugin/PluginXmlParser.java
index 688d77b89d2..fddd516374e 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/mavenplugin/PluginXmlParser.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/mavenplugin/PluginXmlParser.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
  * A parser for a Maven plugin's {@code plugin.xml} file.
  *
  * @author Andy Wilkinson
+ * @author Mike Smithson
  */
 class PluginXmlParser {
 
@@ -98,21 +99,20 @@ class PluginXmlParser {
 
 	private Parameter parseParameter(Node parameterNode, Map<String, String> defaultValues,
 			Map<String, String> userProperties) throws XPathExpressionException {
-		Parameter parameter = new Parameter(textAt("name", parameterNode), textAt("type", parameterNode),
+		return new Parameter(textAt("name", parameterNode), textAt("type", parameterNode),
 				booleanAt("required", parameterNode), booleanAt("editable", parameterNode),
 				format(textAt("description", parameterNode)), defaultValues.get(textAt("name", parameterNode)),
 				userProperties.get(textAt("name", parameterNode)), textAt("since", parameterNode));
-		return parameter;
 	}
 
 	private boolean booleanAt(String path, Node node) throws XPathExpressionException {
-		return Boolean.valueOf(textAt(path, node));
+		return Boolean.parseBoolean(textAt(path, node));
 	}
 
 	private String format(String input) {
 		return input.replace("<code>", "`").replace("</code>", "`").replace("&lt;", "<").replace("&gt;", ">")
-				.replace("<br>", " ").replace("\n", " ").replace("&quot;", "\"").replaceAll("\\{@code (.*?)\\}", "`$1`")
-				.replaceAll("\\{@link (.*?)\\}", "`$1`").replaceAll("\\{@literal (.*?)\\}", "`$1`")
+				.replace("<br>", " ").replace("\n", " ").replace("&quot;", "\"").replaceAll("\\{@code (.*?)}", "`$1`")
+				.replaceAll("\\{@link (.*?)}", "`$1`").replaceAll("\\{@literal (.*?)}", "`$1`")
 				.replaceAll("<a href=.\"(.*?)\".>(.*?)</a>", "\\$1[\\$2]");
 	}
 
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/build/mavenplugin/PluginXmlParserTests.java b/buildSrc/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/build/mavenplugin/PluginXmlParserTests.java
index 0cbdd408ce2..d3c130dfc52 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/build/mavenplugin/PluginXmlParserTests.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/build/mavenplugin/PluginXmlParserTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2019-2020 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2020 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -17,24 +17,42 @@
 package org.springframework.boot.build.mavenplugin;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.build.mavenplugin.PluginXmlParser.Plugin;
 
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
+
 /**
  * Tests for {@link PluginXmlParser}.
  *
  * @author Andy Wilkinson
+ * @author Mike Smithson
  */
 public class PluginXmlParserTests {
 
 	private final PluginXmlParser parser = new PluginXmlParser();
 
 	@Test
-	void dunno() {
+	void parseExistingDescriptorReturnPluginDescriptor() {
 		Plugin plugin = this.parser.parse(new File("src/test/resources/plugin.xml"));
-		System.out.println(plugin);
+		assertThat(plugin.getGroupId()).isEqualTo("org.springframework.boot");
+		assertThat(plugin.getArtifactId()).isEqualTo("spring-boot-maven-plugin");
+		assertThat(plugin.getVersion()).isEqualTo("2.2.0.GRADLE-SNAPSHOT");
+		assertThat(plugin.getGoalPrefix()).isEqualTo("spring-boot");
+		assertThat(plugin.getMojos().stream().map(PluginXmlParser.Mojo::getGoal).collect(Collectors.toList()))
+				.isEqualTo(Arrays.<String>asList("build-info", "help", "repackage", "run", "start", "stop"));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void parseNonExistingFileThrowException() {
+		assertThatThrownBy(() -> this.parser.parse(new File("src/test/resources/nonexistent.xml")))
+				.isInstanceOf(RuntimeException.class).hasCauseInstanceOf(FileNotFoundException.class);
 	}
 
 }