diff --git a/site/plugin.jelly b/site/plugin.jelly
index 2e348b8f..f165a646 100644
--- a/site/plugin.jelly
+++ b/site/plugin.jelly
@@ -169,21 +169,21 @@
 
     <j:if test="${siteClean}">
       <echo>Cleaning destination first</echo>
-      <exec dir="." executable="${maven.ssh.executable}">
+      <exec dir="." executable="${maven.ssh.executable}" failonerror="true">
         <arg line="${siteUsername}@${siteAddress} 'rm -r ${siteDirectory}'" />
       </exec>
     </j:if>
 
     <!-- Make sure the destination directory exists before trying to copy -->
-    <exec dir="." executable="${maven.ssh.executable}">
+    <exec dir="." executable="${maven.ssh.executable}" failonerror="true">
       <arg line="${maven.ssh.args} -l ${siteUsername} ${siteAddress} 'mkdir -p ${maven.homepage}'"/>
     </exec>
 
-    <exec dir="${maven.build.dir}" executable="${maven.scp.executable}">
+    <exec dir="${maven.build.dir}" executable="${maven.scp.executable}" failonerror="true">
       <arg line="${maven.scp.args} ${maven.final.name}-site.tar.gz ${siteUsername}@${siteAddress}:${maven.homepage}"/>
     </exec>
 
-    <exec dir="." executable="${maven.ssh.executable}">
+    <exec dir="." executable="${maven.ssh.executable}" failonerror="true">
       <arg line="${maven.ssh.args} -l ${siteUsername} ${siteAddress} 'cd ${maven.homepage} &amp;&amp; ${maven.site.gunzip.executable} ${maven.final.name}-site.tar.gz &amp;&amp; ${maven.site.tar.executable} ${maven.site.tar.options} ${maven.final.name}-site.tar &amp;&amp; chmod -Rf g+u * . &amp;&amp; rm ${maven.final.name}-site.tar'"/>
     </exec>
 
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@
     description="Deploy the generated site using rsync"
     prereqs="site:init,site:remote-deploy-init">
     <echo>rsyncing...</echo>
-    <exec dir="." executable="${maven.ssh.executable}">
+    <exec dir="." executable="${maven.ssh.executable}" failonerror="true">
       <arg line="${siteUsername}@${siteAddress} 'mkdir -p ${siteDirectory}'" />
     </exec>
     
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@
       <j:set var="rsyncArgs" value="${rsyncArgs} --delete" />
     </j:if>
     <!-- Note: trailing slash is important! -->
-    <exec dir="." executable="${maven.rsync.executable}">
+    <exec dir="." executable="${maven.rsync.executable}" failonerror="true">
       <arg line="-az ${rsyncArgs} ${relativeDocsDest}/ ${siteUsername}@${siteAddress}:${siteDirectory}" />
     </exec>
   </goal>
diff --git a/site/xdocs/changes.xml b/site/xdocs/changes.xml
index ba3b4bce..a7c53794 100644
--- a/site/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/site/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="1.6.2-SNAPSHOT" date="In SVN">
+      <action dev="aheritier" type="fix" issue="MPSITE-28" due-to="Davy Toch">Deploying the site documentation through SSH always results in 'Build Successful'.</action>
       <action dev="aheritier" type="fix" issue="MPSITE-27">FTP deployment doesn't create the remote directory root.</action>
     </release>
     <release version="1.6.1" date="2005-06-05">
