diff --git a/src/ocrmypdf/_pipeline.py b/src/ocrmypdf/_pipeline.py
index 182a2888..142c2983 100644
--- a/src/ocrmypdf/_pipeline.py
+++ b/src/ocrmypdf/_pipeline.py
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ def validate_pdfinfo_options(context):
                     "form and all filled form fields. The output PDF will be "
                     "'flattened' and will no longer be fillable."
                 )
-    context.plugin_manager.hook.prepare(options=options)
+    context.plugin_manager.hook.validate(pdfinfo=pdfinfo, options=options)
 
 
 def get_page_dpi(pageinfo, options):
diff --git a/src/ocrmypdf/_plugin_manager.py b/src/ocrmypdf/_plugin_manager.py
index a7f7987e..2c3df5a1 100644
--- a/src/ocrmypdf/_plugin_manager.py
+++ b/src/ocrmypdf/_plugin_manager.py
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+# © 2020 James R. Barlow: github.com/jbarlow83
+#
+# This file is part of OCRmyPDF.
+#
+# OCRmyPDF is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# OCRmyPDF is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with OCRmyPDF.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
 import importlib
 
 import pluggy
diff --git a/src/ocrmypdf/_sync.py b/src/ocrmypdf/_sync.py
index 6f21bb09..1691eb00 100644
--- a/src/ocrmypdf/_sync.py
+++ b/src/ocrmypdf/_sync.py
@@ -320,6 +320,8 @@ def run_pipeline(options, api=False):
             options,
         )
 
+        pm.hook.prepare(options=options)
+
         # Gather pdfinfo and create context
         pdfinfo = get_pdfinfo(
             origin_pdf,
diff --git a/src/ocrmypdf/example.py b/src/ocrmypdf/example.py
index 755e0f57..dda37bf0 100644
--- a/src/ocrmypdf/example.py
+++ b/src/ocrmypdf/example.py
@@ -1,11 +1,20 @@
+import logging
+
 from ocrmypdf import hookimpl
 
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 @hookimpl
 def prepare(options):
     pass
 
 
+@hookimpl
+def validate(pdfinfo, options):
+    pass
+
+
 @hookimpl
 def filter_ocr_image(image):
     return image
diff --git a/src/ocrmypdf/pluginspec.py b/src/ocrmypdf/pluginspec.py
index c3aac6f2..86657c9d 100644
--- a/src/ocrmypdf/pluginspec.py
+++ b/src/ocrmypdf/pluginspec.py
@@ -33,13 +33,6 @@ def prepare(options: Namespace) -> None:
 
 	The plugin may modify the options. All objects that are in options must
 	be picklable so they can be marshalled to child worker processes.
-
-    Typically, a plugin will call ``registry.register_plugin(__name__)`` to register
-    all of its public functions with the plugin registry. Functions that are
-    not intended for registration should be prefixed with an underscore.
-    Functions that imported from other modules will be ignored by
-    ``.register_plugin()``. For example if you use ``from os import basename``,
-    ``basename`` will not be registered.
 	"""
 
 
@@ -57,7 +50,7 @@ def validate(pdfinfo: PdfInfo, options: Namespace) -> None:
     """
 
 
-@hookspec
+@hookspec(firstresult=True)
 def filter_ocr_image(image: Image) -> Image:
     """Called to filter the image before it is sent to OCR.