diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/app.py b/src/ansiblelint/app.py
index 077201d5f9..41893d0df1 100644
--- a/src/ansiblelint/app.py
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/app.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 from ansiblelint._mockings import _perform_mockings
 from ansiblelint.color import console, console_stderr, render_yaml
 from ansiblelint.config import options as default_options
+from ansiblelint.constants import SUCCESS_RC, VIOLATIONS_FOUND_RC
 from ansiblelint.errors import MatchError
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -170,8 +171,8 @@ def report_outcome(
             )
 
         if mark_as_success or not failures:
-            return 0
-        return 2
+            return SUCCESS_RC
+        return VIOLATIONS_FOUND_RC
 
 
 def choose_formatter_factory(
diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/constants.py b/src/ansiblelint/constants.py
index 079b9040ce..2327adb29f 100644
--- a/src/ansiblelint/constants.py
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/constants.py
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
 DEFAULT_RULESDIR = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "rules")
 CUSTOM_RULESDIR_ENVVAR = "ANSIBLE_LINT_CUSTOM_RULESDIR"
 
-INVALID_CONFIG_RC = 2
+SUCCESS_RC = 0
+VIOLATIONS_FOUND_RC = 2
+INVALID_CONFIG_RC = 3
 EXIT_CONTROL_C_RC = 130
 
 # Minimal version of Ansible we support for runtime
diff --git a/test/test_commandline_invocations_same_as_config.py b/test/test_commandline_invocations_same_as_config.py
index 7b50a007b9..7761f43457 100644
--- a/test/test_commandline_invocations_same_as_config.py
+++ b/test/test_commandline_invocations_same_as_config.py
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ def test_path_from_cli_depend_on_cwd(
     ),
 )
 def test_config_failure(base_arguments: List[str], config_file: str) -> None:
-    """Ensures specific config files produce error code 2."""
-    with pytest.raises(SystemExit, match="^2$"):
+    """Ensures specific config files produce error code 3."""
+    with pytest.raises(SystemExit, match="^3$"):
         cli.get_config(base_arguments + ["-c", config_file])
 
 
diff --git a/test/test_utils.py b/test/test_utils.py
index 3d02f738b7..0f8f0b3a74 100644
--- a/test/test_utils.py
+++ b/test/test_utils.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 from ansiblelint import cli, constants, utils
 from ansiblelint.__main__ import initialize_logger
 from ansiblelint.cli import get_rules_dirs
+from ansiblelint.constants import VIOLATIONS_FOUND_RC
 from ansiblelint.file_utils import Lintable
 from ansiblelint.testing import run_ansible_lint
 
@@ -246,8 +247,7 @@ def test_cli_auto_detect(capfd: CaptureFixture[str]) -> None:
     result = subprocess.run(cmd, check=False).returncode
 
     # We de expect to fail on our own repo due to test examples we have
-    # TODO(ssbarnea) replace it with exact return code once we document them
-    assert result != 0
+    assert result == VIOLATIONS_FOUND_RC
 
     out, err = capfd.readouterr()