diff --git a/war/plugin.jelly b/war/plugin.jelly
index 3ebeb981..91475fe3 100644
--- a/war/plugin.jelly
+++ b/war/plugin.jelly
@@ -185,6 +185,19 @@
         project="${pom}"/>    
         
   </goal>
+  
+  
+  <!--==================================================================-->
+  <!-- Clean                                                            -->
+  <!--==================================================================-->  
+    <goal name="war:clean"         
+        description="Remove all artifacts created by war plugin">  
+
+      <!-- TODO: delete also snapshot and md5 files -->
+      <ant:delete dir="${maven.war.webapp.dir}"/>
+      <ant:delete file="${maven.war.build.dir}/${maven.war.final.name}" quiet="true" failonerror="false"/>          
+    </goal>
+    
 
   <!--==================================================================-->
   <!-- Special no-op goal which can be used by other plugin which need  -->
diff --git a/war/xdocs/changes.xml b/war/xdocs/changes.xml
index c19a80f2..ec277563 100644
--- a/war/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/war/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
   <body>
 
     <release version="1.4" date="in CVS">
+      <action dev="michal" type="fix">
+       Added war:clean goal
+      </action>
       <action dev="michal" type="fix">
         war:war goal is simply packaging
         (using ant jar task) the directory created
@@ -16,7 +19,7 @@
         and removes code duplication.
       </action>
       <action dev="michal" type="fix">
-        Fixes for MAVEN-481. 
+        Fi xes for MAVEN-481. 
         Bundling of tlds in war is supported.
       </action>
       <action dev="michal" type="fix">
diff --git a/war/xdocs/goals.xml b/war/xdocs/goals.xml
index cbea0bc2..d47094bc 100644
--- a/war/xdocs/goals.xml
+++ b/war/xdocs/goals.xml
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@
         <name>war:deploy-snapshot</name>
         <description>Deploy the snapshot version of the war to the remote repository(ies)</description>
       </goal>  
+      <goal>
+        <name>war:clean</name>
+        <description>Delete all artifacts created by war plugin</description>
+      </goal>  
+      
     </goals>      
   </body>
 </document>
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