diff --git a/plugins-scripts/check_sensors.sh b/plugins-scripts/check_sensors.sh
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 866e0e0f..ba3581b1
--- a/plugins-scripts/check_sensors.sh
+++ b/plugins-scripts/check_sensors.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ print_help() {
 	echo "This plugin checks hardware status using the lm_sensors package."
 	echo ""
 	support
-	exit "$STATE_OK"
 }
 
 case "$1" in
diff --git a/plugins/negate.c b/plugins/negate.c
index 7e52fe67..750c0bfb 100644
--- a/plugins/negate.c
+++ b/plugins/negate.c
@@ -133,11 +133,11 @@ static const char **process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
 			break;
 		case 'h': /* help */
 			print_help();
-			exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+			exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
 			break;
 		case 'V': /* version */
 			print_revision(progname, NP_VERSION);
-			exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+			exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
 		case 't': /* timeout period */
 			if (!is_integer(optarg))
 				usage2(_("Timeout interval must be a positive integer"), optarg);