diff --git a/site/plugin.jelly b/site/plugin.jelly
index 65d1b6d4..a9376715 100644
--- a/site/plugin.jelly
+++ b/site/plugin.jelly
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@
           <j:set var="rsyncArgs" value="${rsyncArgs} --delete" />
         </j:if>
         <exec dir="." executable="${maven.ssh.executable}">
-          <arg line="${siteUsername}@${siteAddress} '${maven.rsync.executable} ${rsyncArgs} -avz ${siteDirectory}/* ${destSiteUsername}@${destSiteAddress}:${destSiteDirectory}'" />
+          <arg line="${siteUsername}@${siteAddress} '${maven.rsync.executable} ${rsyncArgs} -az ${siteDirectory}/* ${destSiteUsername}@${destSiteAddress}:${destSiteDirectory}'" />
         </exec>
       </j:otherwise>
     </j:choose> 
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@
       <j:set var="rsyncArgs" value="${rsyncArgs} --delete" />
     </j:if>
     <exec dir="." executable="${maven.rsync.executable}">
-      <arg line="-avz ${rsyncArgs} ${relativeDocsDest}/* ${siteUsername}@${siteAddress}:${siteDirectory}" />
+      <arg line="-az ${rsyncArgs} ${relativeDocsDest}/* ${siteUsername}@${siteAddress}:${siteDirectory}" />
     </exec>
   </goal>
 </project>
diff --git a/site/project.xml b/site/project.xml
index ebf60a9f..76d65af5 100644
--- a/site/project.xml
+++ b/site/project.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <pomVersion>3</pomVersion>
   <id>maven-site-plugin</id>
   <name>Maven Site Plugin</name>
-  <currentVersion>1.6</currentVersion>
+  <currentVersion>1.6.1-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
   <description>Generate web site.</description>
   <shortDescription>Generate web site</shortDescription>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/site/</url>
diff --git a/site/xdocs/changes.xml b/site/xdocs/changes.xml
index a71203cc..de8bc048 100644
--- a/site/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/site/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
     <author email="dion@multitask.com.au">dIon Gillard</author>
   </properties>
   <body>
+    <release version="1.6.1-SNAPSHOT" date="in SVN">
+      <action dev="brett" type="change">Remove -v option from rsync by default</action>
+    </release>
     <release version="1.6" date="2005-01-18">
       <action dev="brett" type="add">Add ability to clean the destination before deployment</action>
       <action dev="brett" type="add" issue="MPSITE-21">Add the rsync deployment method</action>
diff --git a/site/xdocs/properties.xml b/site/xdocs/properties.xml
index 044d5b1c..22e44d61 100644
--- a/site/xdocs/properties.xml
+++ b/site/xdocs/properties.xml
@@ -108,6 +108,13 @@
             named <code>rsync</code> must be in your path).
           </td>
         </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>maven.rsync.args</td>
+          <td>Yes</td>
+          <td>
+            Specifies optional parameters that are passed to the rsync executable (in addition to -az).
+          </td>
+        </tr>
         <tr>
           <td>maven.ssh.args</td>
           <td>Yes</td>
@@ -159,10 +166,8 @@
     </section>
     <section name="Using Putty as ssh client">
       <p>Set the following porperties (preferably in your %HOME%/build.properties)</p>
-      <source>
-maven.scp.executable=pscp
-maven.ssh.executable=plink
-      </source>
+      <source>maven.scp.executable=pscp
+maven.ssh.executable=plink</source>
     </section>
   </body>
 </document>
