diff --git a/check_curl.sh b/check_curl.sh
index 7cc40ac..de12195 100755
--- a/check_curl.sh
+++ b/check_curl.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ usage() {
   -t Timeout in seconds
   -s Ignore the response status code.
   -e Specify the exact response code that should be returned. Cannot be used with -s option.
-  -e Expected status code.
   -S Sanitize HTML when printing to console. Good for Icinga2 Web.
   -n Don't return any perfdata if the status code was not 200.
   -a Specify the username and password for authentication in the format username:password"
@@ -411,49 +410,69 @@ fi
 RESPONSE_TIME_MS=$(echo "$RESPONSE_TIME * 1000" | bc | xargs printf "%0.0f\n")
 perfdata="response_time=${RESPONSE_TIME_MS}ms;${WARN_TIME};${CRIT_TIME};0;"
 
+EXIT_CODE=0
+ERROR_MSG=""
+
 # Check HTTP code
 if [ -n "$EXPECTED_STATUS_CODE" ]; then
   if [ "$HTTP_CODE" != "$EXPECTED_STATUS_CODE" ]; then
-    echo "CRITICAL - server returned HTTP code $HTTP_CODE, expected $EXPECTED_STATUS_CODE"
-    exit 2
+    STATUS_CODE_MSG="server returned HTTP code $HTTP_CODE, expected $EXPECTED_STATUS_CODE"
+    ERROR_MSG="${ERROR_MSG}${STATUS_CODE_MSG}; "
+    EXIT_CODE=2
   fi
 elif [ "$IGNORE_STATUS" != "yes" ] && [ "$HTTP_CODE" != 200 ]; then
-  echo "CRITICAL - server returned HTTP code $HTTP_CODE"
-  exit 2
+  STATUS_CODE_MSG="server returned HTTP code $HTTP_CODE"
+  ERROR_MSG="${ERROR_MSG}${STATUS_CODE_MSG}; "
+  EXIT_CODE=2
 fi
 
 # Check response time
-if [ $(echo "$RESPONSE_TIME_MS > $CRIT_TIME" | bc) -eq 1 ]; then
-  echo "CRITICAL - Response time $RESPONSE_TIME seconds | $perfdata"
-  exit 2
-elif [ $(echo "$RESPONSE_TIME_MS > $WARN_TIME" | bc) -eq 1 ]; then
-  echo "WARNING - response time $RESPONSE_TIME seconds | $perfdata"
-  exit 1
+if [ "$(echo "$RESPONSE_TIME_MS > $CRIT_TIME" | bc)" -eq 1 ]; then
+  RESPONSE_TIME_MSG="Response time $RESPONSE_TIME seconds exceeded critical threshold"
+  ERROR_MSG="${ERROR_MSG}${RESPONSE_TIME_MSG}; "
+  EXIT_CODE=2
+elif [ "$(echo "$RESPONSE_TIME_MS > $WARN_TIME" | bc)" -eq 1 ]; then
+  RESPONSE_TIME_MSG="Response time $RESPONSE_TIME seconds exceeded warning threshold"
+  ERROR_MSG="${ERROR_MSG}${RESPONSE_TIME_MSG}; "
+  if [ $EXIT_CODE -lt 1 ]; then
+    EXIT_CODE=1
+  fi
 fi
 
 # Check critical string
 BODY_CONTAINS=""
 if [ -n "$CRIT_STRING" ]; then
   BODY=$(curl -s $FOLLOW_REDIRECTS $INSECURE $HEADERS $RESOLVE $TIMEOUT $AUTHENTICATION "$URL")
-  # shellcheck disable=SC2076
-  if ! [[ $BODY =~ "$CRIT_STRING" ]]; then
+  if ! [[ $BODY =~ $CRIT_STRING ]]; then
       if $SANITIZE_HTML; then
         BODY=$(echo "$BODY" | sed 's/</\&lt;/g' | sed 's/>/\&gt;/g')
       fi
-    echo "CRITICAL - response body does not contain the required string: $BODY"
-    exit 2
+    CRIT_STRING_MSG="response body does not contain the required string"
+    ERROR_MSG="${ERROR_MSG}${CRIT_STRING_MSG}; "
+    EXIT_CODE=2
   else
     BODY_CONTAINS=", and contained substring"
   fi
 fi
 
-# All checks passed
-
+# Prepare perfdata_str
 if $DISABLE_PERFDATA && [ "$HTTP_CODE" != 200 ]; then
   perfdata_str=""
 else
   perfdata_str="| $perfdata"
 fi
 
-echo "OK - response time was $RESPONSE_TIME seconds, code $HTTP_CODE${BODY_CONTAINS}. $perfdata_str"
-exit 0
+# Remove trailing spaces and the `;` char from the message.
+ERROR_MSG=$(echo "$ERROR_MSG" | xargs  | sed 's/;*$//g')
+
+# Output result
+if [ $EXIT_CODE -eq 0 ]; then
+  echo "OK - response time was $RESPONSE_TIME seconds, code $HTTP_CODE${BODY_CONTAINS} $perfdata_str"
+  exit 0
+elif [ $EXIT_CODE -eq 1 ]; then
+  echo "WARNING - $ERROR_MSG $perfdata_str"
+  exit 1
+else
+  echo "CRITICAL - $ERROR_MSG $perfdata_str"
+  exit 2
+fi
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