diff --git a/sudo.c b/sudo.c
index bfdf22740..da1073c74 100644
--- a/sudo.c
+++ b/sudo.c
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ static int parse_args()
 	    usage(1);
 
 	if (Argv[1][1] != '\0' && Argv[1][2] != '\0') {
-	    fprintf(stderr, "%s: Please use single character options\n", Argv[0]);
+	    (void) fprintf(stderr, "%s: Please use single character options\n", Argv[0]);
 	    usage(1);
 	}
 
@@ -386,10 +386,12 @@ static int parse_args()
 		ret = MODE_HELP;
 		break;
 	    case '\0':
-		fprintf(stderr, "%s: '-' requires an argument\n", Argv[0]);
+		(void) fprintf(stderr, "%s: '-' requires an argument\n",
+		    Argv[0]);
 		usage(1);
 	    default:
-		fprintf(stderr, "%s: Illegal option %s\n", Argv[0], Argv[1]);
+		(void) fprintf(stderr, "%s: Illegal option %s\n", Argv[0],
+		    Argv[1]);
 		usage(1);
 	}
     }
diff --git a/sudo_realpath.c b/sudo_realpath.c
index 40db05a92..359e52450 100644
--- a/sudo_realpath.c
+++ b/sudo_realpath.c
@@ -210,8 +210,9 @@ static void realpath_restore(cwd)
     /* relinquish root privs and chdir to where we started... */
     set_perms(PERM_USER);
     if (chdir(cwd)) {
-	fprintf(stderr, "Error: cannot change dir back to %s, sudo aborting!\n",
-			cwd);
+	(void) fprintf(stderr,
+		       "Error: cannot change dir back to %s, sudo aborting!\n",
+		       cwd);
 	exit(1);
     }
 }