diff --git a/pkg/tiller/release_modules.go b/pkg/tiller/release_modules.go
index 876e1ba37..82260e8d3 100644
--- a/pkg/tiller/release_modules.go
+++ b/pkg/tiller/release_modules.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package tiller
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"strings"
@@ -173,8 +172,9 @@ func DeleteRelease(rel *release.Release, vs chartutil.VersionSet, kubeClient env
 		if err := kubeClient.Delete(rel.Namespace, b); err != nil {
 			log.Printf("uninstall: Failed deletion of %q: %s", rel.Name, err)
 			if err == kube.ErrNoObjectsVisited {
-				// Rewrite the message from "no objects visited"
-				err = errors.New("object not found, skipping delete")
+				// Rewrite the message from "no objects visited"			
+				log.Printf("object = %q not found, skipping delete.", rel.Name)
+				continue
 			}
 			errs = append(errs, err)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/tiller/release_uninstall.go b/pkg/tiller/release_uninstall.go
index 423b6e7ef..d38793962 100644
--- a/pkg/tiller/release_uninstall.go
+++ b/pkg/tiller/release_uninstall.go
@@ -96,9 +96,24 @@ func (s *ReleaseServer) UninstallRelease(c ctx.Context, req *services.UninstallR
 		}
 	}
 
+	// if some resources delete failed, set status to UNKNOWN and return.
+	if len(es) > 0 {
+		rel.Info.Status.Code = release.Status_UNKNOWN
+		rel.Info.Description = "Deletion some resources failed"
+		if err := s.env.Releases.Update(rel); err != nil {
+			s.Log("uninstall: Failed to store updated release: %s", err)
+		}
+		return res, fmt.Errorf("Deletion failed! Because of %d error(s): %s", len(es), strings.Join(es, "; "))
+	}
+
 	rel.Info.Status.Code = release.Status_DELETED
 	rel.Info.Description = "Deletion complete"
 
+	if err := s.env.Releases.Update(rel); err != nil {
+		s.Log("uninstall: Failed to store updated release: %s", err)
+		return res, err
+	}
+
 	if req.Purge {
 		s.Log("purge requested for %s", req.Name)
 		err := s.purgeReleases(rels...)
@@ -108,13 +123,6 @@ func (s *ReleaseServer) UninstallRelease(c ctx.Context, req *services.UninstallR
 		return res, err
 	}
 
-	if err := s.env.Releases.Update(rel); err != nil {
-		s.Log("uninstall: Failed to store updated release: %s", err)
-	}
-
-	if len(es) > 0 {
-		return res, fmt.Errorf("deletion completed with %d error(s): %s", len(es), strings.Join(es, "; "))
-	}
 	return res, nil
 }