diff --git a/bin/ansible b/bin/ansible
index 906bfe5bbcf..0b0b536679c 100755
--- a/bin/ansible
+++ b/bin/ansible
@@ -129,9 +129,9 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         (runner, results) = cli.run(options, args)
         for result in results['contacted'].values():
             if 'failed' in result or result.get('rc', 0) != 0:
-                sys.exit(1)
+                sys.exit(2)
         if results['dark']:
-            sys.exit(1)
+            sys.exit(2)
     except errors.AnsibleError, e:
         # Generic handler for ansible specific errors
         print "ERROR: %s" % str(e)
diff --git a/bin/ansible-playbook b/bin/ansible-playbook
index 954d2c32419..64d5ee66e50 100755
--- a/bin/ansible-playbook
+++ b/bin/ansible-playbook
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ def main(args):
             for h in hosts:
                 stats = pb.stats.summarize(h)
                 if stats['failures'] != 0 or stats['unreachable'] != 0:
-                    sys.exit(1)
+                    return 2
 
         except errors.AnsibleError, e:
             print >>sys.stderr, "ERROR: %s" % e