3 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/sonarsource/scanner/cli/Cli.java b/src/main/java/org/sonarsource/scanner/cli/Cli.java
index 66196a7..9ffc5dd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/sonarsource/scanner/cli/Cli.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/sonarsource/scanner/cli/Cli.java
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ class Cli {
   private void printErrorAndExit(String message) {
     logger.error(message);
     printUsage();
-    exit.exit(Exit.ERROR);
+    exit.exit(Exit.INTERNAL_ERROR);
   }
 
   private void printUsage() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/sonarsource/scanner/cli/Exit.java b/src/main/java/org/sonarsource/scanner/cli/Exit.java
index adae579..69e9c28 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/sonarsource/scanner/cli/Exit.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/sonarsource/scanner/cli/Exit.java
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ package org.sonarsource.scanner.cli;
 
 class Exit {
   static final int SUCCESS = 0;
-  static final int ERROR = 1;
+  static final int INTERNAL_ERROR = 1;
+  static final int USER_ERROR = 2;
 
   void exit(int status) {
     System.exit(status);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/sonarsource/scanner/cli/Main.java b/src/main/java/org/sonarsource/scanner/cli/Main.java
index e6f913a..3e74b17 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/sonarsource/scanner/cli/Main.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/sonarsource/scanner/cli/Main.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public class Main {
   void execute() {
     Stats stats = new Stats(logger).start();
 
-    int status = Exit.ERROR;
+    int status = Exit.INTERNAL_ERROR;
     try {
       Properties p = conf.properties();
       checkSkip(p);
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ public class Main {
     } catch (Throwable e) {
       displayExecutionResult(stats, "FAILURE");
       showError("Error during SonarQube Scanner execution", e, cli.isDebugEnabled());
+      status = isUserError(e) ? Exit.USER_ERROR : Exit.INTERNAL_ERROR;
     } finally {
       exit.exit(status);
     }
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ public class Main {
   }
 
   private void showError(String message, Throwable e, boolean debug) {
-    if (showStackTrace(e, debug)) {
+    if (debug && !isUserError(e)) {
       logger.error(message, e);
     } else {
       logger.error(message);
@@ -141,9 +142,9 @@ public class Main {
     }
   }
 
-  private static boolean showStackTrace(Throwable e, boolean debug) {
+  private static boolean isUserError(Throwable e) {
     // class not available at compile time (loaded by isolated classloader)
-    return debug && !"org.sonar.api.utils.MessageException".equals(e.getClass().getName());
+    return "org.sonar.api.utils.MessageException".equals(e.getClass().getName());
   }
 
   private void suggestDebugMode() {