diff --git a/scripts/gensync.sh.in b/scripts/gensync.sh.in
index 13117ccd..b49c26ee 100644
--- a/scripts/gensync.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/gensync.sh.in
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ note: The <destfile> name is important. It must be of the form\n\
       generated database must reside in the same directory as your\n\
       custom packages (also configured in /etc/pacman.conf)\n\n")"
 	echo "$(gettext "Example:  gensync /var/abs/local /home/mypkgs/custom.db.tar.gz")"
-	exit 0
 }
 
 version() {
diff --git a/scripts/updatesync.sh.in b/scripts/updatesync.sh.in
index 0cf18c7c..2e47ac94 100644
--- a/scripts/updatesync.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/updatesync.sh.in
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ directory and then compresses it to <destfile>.\n\n")"
 updatesync will calculate md5sums of packages in the same directory as\n\
 <destfile>, unless an alternate [package_directory] is specified.\n\n")"
 	echo "$(gettext "Example:  updatesync upd /home/mypkgs/custom.db.tar.gz PKGBUILD")"
-	exit 0
 }
 
 version() {