Configure the javadoc plugin in the <reportPlugins>configuration section for the maven-site-plugin in the parent folder.
Here is what worked for me.
In parent pom:
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.3</version>
<configuration>
<reportPlugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.9</version>
<reportSets>
<reportSet>
<id>aggregate</id>
<reports>
<report>aggregate</report>
</reports>
</reportSet>
</reportSets>
<configuration>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</reportPlugins>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<distributionManagement>
<site>
<id>website</id>
<url>http://site.url/can/be/tentative/or/hypothetical</url>
</site>
</distributionManagement>
, , . - javadoc ( javadocs ).
mvn site site:stage . javadocs, target/staging/index.html " ", "JavaDocs" .
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javadocs site site:stage, . maven-javadoc-plugin <plugin> pom. , mvn javadoc:aggregate javadocs target/site/apidocs/index.html.