diff --git a/linkcheck/src/main/org/apache/maven/linkcheck/validation/HTTPLinkValidator.java b/linkcheck/src/main/org/apache/maven/linkcheck/validation/HTTPLinkValidator.java
index 0a79de4d..07eb7d76 100644
--- a/linkcheck/src/main/org/apache/maven/linkcheck/validation/HTTPLinkValidator.java
+++ b/linkcheck/src/main/org/apache/maven/linkcheck/validation/HTTPLinkValidator.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 /**
  * Checks links which are normal URLs
  * @author <a href="mailto:bwalding@apache.org">Ben Walding</a>
- * @version $Id: HTTPLinkValidator.java,v 1.12 2004/07/05 21:03:37 brett Exp $
+ * @version $Id: HTTPLinkValidator.java,v 1.13 2004/08/01 22:28:14 carlos Exp $
  */
 public class HTTPLinkValidator implements LinkValidator
 {
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public class HTTPLinkValidator implements LinkValidator
             
             if (sl == null) {
                 LOG.info("Unknown error validating link : " + link);
-                return LVR_VALID;
+                return LVR_INVALID;
             }
             
             if (hm.getStatusCode() == 302)
diff --git a/linkcheck/xdocs/changes.xml b/linkcheck/xdocs/changes.xml
index 089f5fbc..881d0d19 100644
--- a/linkcheck/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/linkcheck/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="1.4-SNAPSHOT" date="in CVS">
+      <action dev="carlos" type="fix">Set links as invalid on unknown errors</action>
       <action dev="carlos" type="fix" issue="MPLINKCHECK-8">Use CDATA in file name</action>
       <action dev="carlos" type="add">Added <code>maven.linkcheck.exclude</code> property</action>
     </release>