diff --git a/hooks/tofu_docs_replace.py b/hooks/tofu_docs_replace.py
index 26f1d06..2e0f4ba 100644
--- a/hooks/tofu_docs_replace.py
+++ b/hooks/tofu_docs_replace.py
@@ -36,13 +36,14 @@ def main(argv=None):
     args = parser.parse_args(argv)
 
     dirs = []
+    seen_dirs = set()
     for filename in args.filenames:
-        if os.path.realpath(filename) not in dirs and (
-            filename.endswith(".tf")
-            or filename.endswith(".tofu")
-            or filename.endswith(".tfvars")
-        ):
-            dirs.append(os.path.dirname(filename))
+        if filename.endswith((".tf", ".tofu", ".tfvars")):
+            dir_path = os.path.dirname(filename)
+            dir_key = os.path.realpath(dir_path)
+            if dir_key not in seen_dirs:
+                seen_dirs.add(dir_key)
+                dirs.append(dir_path)
 
     retval = 0
 
diff --git a/hooks/tofu_validate.sh b/hooks/tofu_validate.sh
index 3999b9f..c332a18 100755
--- a/hooks/tofu_validate.sh
+++ b/hooks/tofu_validate.sh
@@ -128,12 +128,18 @@ function per_dir_hook_unique_part {
 
   if [ "$retry_once_with_cleanup" != "true" ]; then
     # tofu validate only
-    validate_output=$(tofu validate "${args[@]}" 2>&1)
-    exit_code=$?
+    if validate_output=$(tofu validate "${args[@]}" 2>&1); then
+      exit_code=0
+    else
+      exit_code=$?
+    fi
   else
     # tofu validate, plus capture possible errors
-    validate_output=$(tofu validate -json "${args[@]}" 2>&1)
-    exit_code=$?
+    if validate_output=$(tofu validate -json "${args[@]}" 2>&1); then
+      exit_code=0
+    else
+      exit_code=$?
+    fi
 
     # Match specific validation errors
     local -i validate_errors_matched
@@ -155,8 +161,11 @@ function per_dir_hook_unique_part {
         return $exit_code
       }
 
-      validate_output=$(tofu validate "${args[@]}" 2>&1)
-      exit_code=$?
+      if validate_output=$(tofu validate "${args[@]}" 2>&1); then
+        exit_code=0
+      else
+        exit_code=$?
+      fi
     fi
   fi