diff --git a/src/ocrmypdf/_pipelines/common.py b/src/ocrmypdf/_pipelines/common.py
index e51dea23..655b3ed7 100644
--- a/src/ocrmypdf/_pipelines/common.py
+++ b/src/ocrmypdf/_pipelines/common.py
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ def post_process(
     return optimize_pdf(pdf_out, context, executor)
 
 
-def report_output_pdf(options, start_input_file, optimize_messages):
+def report_output_pdf(options, start_input_file, optimize_messages) -> ExitCode:
     if options.output_file == '-':
         log.info("Output sent to stdout")
     elif hasattr(options.output_file, 'writable') and options.output_file.writable():
@@ -346,3 +346,4 @@ def report_output_pdf(options, start_input_file, optimize_messages):
         report_output_file_size(
             options, start_input_file, options.output_file, optimize_messages
         )
+    return ExitCode.ok
diff --git a/src/ocrmypdf/_pipelines/hocr_to_ocr_pdf.py b/src/ocrmypdf/_pipelines/hocr_to_ocr_pdf.py
index 7e682a44..44623292 100644
--- a/src/ocrmypdf/_pipelines/hocr_to_ocr_pdf.py
+++ b/src/ocrmypdf/_pipelines/hocr_to_ocr_pdf.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ from ocrmypdf._pipelines.common import (
     worker_init,
 )
 from ocrmypdf._plugin_manager import OcrmypdfPluginManager
+from ocrmypdf.exceptions import ExitCode
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ def exec_hocrtransform_sync(page_context: PageContext) -> HOCRResult:
     return hocr_result
 
 
-def exec_hocr_to_ocr_pdf(context: PdfContext, executor: Executor) -> None:
+def exec_hocr_to_ocr_pdf(context: PdfContext, executor: Executor) -> Sequence[str]:
     """Execute the OCR pipeline concurrently and output hOCR."""
     # Run exec_page_sync on every page
     options = context.options
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ def run_hocr_to_ocr_pdf_pipeline(
     options: argparse.Namespace,
     *,
     plugin_manager: OcrmypdfPluginManager | None,
-) -> None:
+) -> ExitCode:
     with setup_pipeline(
         options=options, plugin_manager=plugin_manager, api=True, work_folder=None
     ) as (work_folder, executor, plugin_manager):
@@ -133,4 +134,4 @@ def run_hocr_to_ocr_pdf_pipeline(
         validate_pdfinfo_options(context)
         optimize_messages = exec_hocr_to_ocr_pdf(context, executor)
 
-        report_output_pdf(options, origin_pdf, optimize_messages)
+        return report_output_pdf(options, origin_pdf, optimize_messages)
diff --git a/src/ocrmypdf/_pipelines/standard.py b/src/ocrmypdf/_pipelines/standard.py
index 8790e7f8..d7ab7756 100644
--- a/src/ocrmypdf/_pipelines/standard.py
+++ b/src/ocrmypdf/_pipelines/standard.py
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ def run_pipeline(
             # Execute the pipeline
             optimize_messages = exec_concurrent(context, executor)
 
-            report_output_pdf(options, start_input_file, optimize_messages)
+            exitcode = report_output_pdf(options, start_input_file, optimize_messages)
 
         except KeyboardInterrupt if not api else NeverRaise:
             if options.verbose >= 1:
@@ -254,4 +254,4 @@ def run_pipeline(
             log.exception("An exception occurred while executing the pipeline")
             return ExitCode.other_error
 
-    return ExitCode.ok
+    return exitcode