diff --git a/eden/mononoke/tests/integration/cross_repo/test-cross-repo-commit-sync-regex.t b/eden/mononoke/tests/integration/cross_repo/test-cross-repo-commit-sync-regex.t
index fa31eccac8378..a054ccb2112b5 100644
--- a/eden/mononoke/tests/integration/cross_repo/test-cross-repo-commit-sync-regex.t
+++ b/eden/mononoke/tests/integration/cross_repo/test-cross-repo-commit-sync-regex.t
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
   inconsistent value of *, but 'meg-mon' bookmark points to None (glob)
   inconsistent value of *, but 'meg-mon' bookmark points to None (glob)
   Error: found 2 inconsistencies
- 
+  [1]
 
 -- use verify-bookmarks, but passing a regex.
   $ with_stripped_logs crossrepo_verify_bookmarks 2 0 --update-large-repo-bookmarks \
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
   > --no-bookmark-updates
   found 2 inconsistencies, trying to update them...
   Error: Missing outcome for * from small repo (glob)
+  [1]
 
 -- sync the missing commits
   $ with_stripped_logs mononoke_x_repo_sync 2 0 once --bookmark-regex ".+bookmark"
diff --git a/eden/mononoke/tests/integration/library.sh b/eden/mononoke/tests/integration/library.sh
index b0e43a29f8e58..d27d97bffc9ac 100755
--- a/eden/mononoke/tests/integration/library.sh
+++ b/eden/mononoke/tests/integration/library.sh
@@ -405,6 +405,8 @@ function strip_glog {
 
 function with_stripped_logs {
   "$@" 2>&1 | strip_glog
+  # propagate the exit status, otherwise the test will happily continue on failure
+  return "${PIPESTATUS[0]}"
 }
 
 function wait_for_json_record_count {
diff --git a/eden/mononoke/tests/integration/test-library-unit-tests.t b/eden/mononoke/tests/integration/test-library-unit-tests.t
index 87498ad9880c1..54a18c7718988 100644
--- a/eden/mononoke/tests/integration/test-library-unit-tests.t
+++ b/eden/mononoke/tests/integration/test-library-unit-tests.t
@@ -71,12 +71,13 @@
   plain
   output
 
-# with_stripped_logs doesn't propagate the exit code correctly
+# with_stripped_logs *will* propagate the exit code correctly
   $ with_stripped_logs mononoke_admin invalid
   error: unrecognized subcommand 'invalid'
   
   Usage: admin [OPTIONS] <--config-path <CONFIG_PATH>|--config-tier <CONFIG_TIER>|--prod|--git-config> <COMMAND>
   
   For more information, try '--help'.
+  [2]