Index: maven-commandline-plugin/src/java/org/codelutin/util/Generator.java
diff -u maven-commandline-plugin/src/java/org/codelutin/util/Generator.java:1.6 maven-commandline-plugin/src/java/org/codelutin/util/Generator.java:1.7
--- maven-commandline-plugin/src/java/org/codelutin/util/Generator.java:1.6	Wed Dec  5 02:56:56 2007
+++ maven-commandline-plugin/src/java/org/codelutin/util/Generator.java	Wed Dec 12 15:22:03 2007
@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@
             // parse source
             OptionDefinitionParser parser = doParse();
 
+            // show errors (@see showErrors)
+            showErrors(parser);
+
             // init Class pool and make backups of generated class (@see backupClass)
             ClassPool pool = initClassPool();
 
@@ -141,9 +144,6 @@
             // build usage rst file (@see generateRst)
             generateRst(anno);
 
-            // show errors (@see showErrors)
-            showErrors(parser);
-
             if (parser.hasFailed()) {
                 throw new RuntimeException(_("commandline.parser.parsing.error", parser, parser.errors.length));
             }