diff --git a/findutils/find.c b/findutils/find.c
index 53b85e6..329d151 100644
--- a/findutils/find.c
+++ b/findutils/find.c
@@ -116,5 +116,5 @@
 		exit(FALSE);
 	}
 
-	exit(TRUE);
+	return(TRUE);
 }
diff --git a/findutils/grep.c b/findutils/grep.c
index b91fe7c..0e495ff 100644
--- a/findutils/grep.c
+++ b/findutils/grep.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
 			fclose(fp);
 		}
 	}
-	exit(match);
+	return(match);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/findutils/which.c b/findutils/which.c
index 7a11bf7..8d4422a 100644
--- a/findutils/which.c
+++ b/findutils/which.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 			exit (FALSE);
 		}
 	}
-	exit(TRUE);
+	return(TRUE);
 }
 
 /*