diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-clean-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/clean/CleanPlugin.java b/maven-plugins/maven-clean-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/clean/CleanPlugin.java
index 4bb2f599d6..7b50a3b8d0 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-clean-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/clean/CleanPlugin.java
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-clean-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/clean/CleanPlugin.java
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@
 import java.io.File;
 
 /**
- * @author <a href="mailto:evenisse@maven.org">Emmanuel Venisse</a>
- * @version $Id$
  * @goal clean
  * @description Goal which cleans the build
+ * @author <a href="mailto:evenisse@maven.org">Emmanuel Venisse</a>
+ * @version $Id$
  */
 public class CleanPlugin
     extends AbstractMojo
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ private boolean delete( File f )
      * @param d the directory to delete
      */
     protected void removeDir( File d )
+        throws MojoExecutionException
     {
         String[] list = d.list();
         if ( list == null )
@@ -113,11 +114,11 @@ protected void removeDir( File d )
 // TODO:...
 //                    if ( failOnError )
 //                    {
-//                        throw new Exception( message );
+                        throw new MojoExecutionException( message );
 //                    }
 //                    else
 //                    {
-                    getLog().info( message );
+//                        getLog().info( message );
 //                    }
                 }
             }
@@ -129,13 +130,12 @@ protected void removeDir( File d )
 // TODO:...
 //            if ( failOnError )
 //            {
-//                throw new Exception( message );
+                throw new MojoExecutionException( message );
 //            }
 //            else
 //            {
-            getLog().info( message );
+//                getLog().info( message );
 //            }
         }
     }
-
 }