diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f71aecc0..c083e262 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@
 					<stylesheetfile>${basedir}/src/main/javadoc/javadoc.css</stylesheetfile>
 					<overview>${basedir}/src/main/javadoc/overview.html</overview>
 					<javadocDirectory>${basedir}/src/main/javadoc</javadocDirectory>
-					<excludePackageNames>org.springframework.ldap.samples:org.springframework.ldap.itest.*</excludePackageNames>
+					<excludePackageNames>org.springframework.ldap.samples:org.springframework.ldap.itest</excludePackageNames>
 					<links>
 						<link>http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api</link>
 						<link>http://static.springframework.org/spring/docs/2.5.x/api/</link>