diff --git a/dashscope/cli/deployments.py b/dashscope/cli/deployments.py
index 4450d0e..6fffe1e 100644
--- a/dashscope/cli/deployments.py
+++ b/dashscope/cli/deployments.py
@@ -85,9 +85,11 @@ def _wait_for_deployment(
     except Exception as exc:
         logger.debug("wait_for_deployment error", exc_info=exc)
         err_console.print(
+            f"[red]Error:[/red] Failed to check deployment status: {exc}. "
             f"You can get deployment status via: "
             f"[cyan]dashscope deployments get {deployed_model}[/cyan]",
         )
+        raise typer.Exit(1)
 
 
 def _print_deployments(output):
diff --git a/dashscope/finetune/deployments.py b/dashscope/finetune/deployments.py
index 182062a..4bfb916 100644
--- a/dashscope/finetune/deployments.py
+++ b/dashscope/finetune/deployments.py
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@ def call(  # pylint: disable=arguments-renamed  # type: ignore[override]
 
         Args:
             model (str): The model name.
+            capacity (int): The model service capacity.
             version (str, optional): The model version, unnecessary
                 for fine-tuned model. Defaults to None.
             suffix (str, optional): The name suffix of the model deployment,
                 If specified, the final model name will be model_suffix.
                 Defaults to None.
-            capacity (int, optional): The model service capacity.
             plan (str, optional): The deployment plan required by the
                 service: "ptu" (PTU reserved), "mu" (model unit) or
                 "Lora" (LoRA deployment). Defaults to None.
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_cli_main.py b/tests/unit/test_cli_main.py
index a7f04ad..22f9c34 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_cli_main.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_cli_main.py
@@ -756,6 +756,38 @@ def mock_call(**kwargs):
         assert "Create deployment failed: deployment failed" in result.output
         assert "Traceback" not in result.output
 
+    def test_deployments_create_exits_nonzero_when_status_poll_fails(
+        self,
+        monkeypatch,
+    ):
+        def mock_call(**_kwargs):
+            return SimpleNamespace(
+                status_code=200,
+                output={"deployed_model": "deploy-1"},
+            )
+
+        def mock_get(*_args, **_kwargs):
+            raise RuntimeError("network down")
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr(
+            "dashscope.cli.deployments.dashscope.Deployments.call",
+            mock_call,
+        )
+        monkeypatch.setattr(
+            "dashscope.cli.deployments.dashscope.Deployments.get",
+            mock_get,
+        )
+
+        result = CliRunner().invoke(
+            cli_app,
+            ["deployments", "create", "--model", "qwen", "--plan", "ptu"],
+        )
+
+        assert result.exit_code == 1
+        assert "Failed to check deployment status" in result.output
+        assert "deployments get deploy-1" in result.output
+        assert "Traceback" not in result.output
+
     def test_application_response_without_usage_is_supported(
         self,
         monkeypatch,