diff --git a/check_media_cdn.py b/check_media_cdn.py
index 1ac614c..c6dfead 100755
--- a/check_media_cdn.py
+++ b/check_media_cdn.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ parser.add_argument('--check-domain', required=True, help='The domain that shoul
 parser.add_argument('--media-cdn-redirect', default='true', help='If set, the server must respond with a redirect to the media CDN domain.')
 parser.add_argument('--required-headers', nargs='*', help="If these headers aren't set to the correct value, critical. Use the format 'key=value")
 parser.add_argument('--auth-file', help="File to cache the bot's login details to.")
-parser.add_argument('--retries', type=int, default=5, help="It may take a few seconds for Synapse to send the uploaded file to S3. Retry this many times with 1 second interval between.")
+parser.add_argument('--retries', type=int, default=11, help="It may take a few seconds for Synapse to send the uploaded file to S3. Retry this many times with 1 second interval between.")
 parser.add_argument('--timeout', type=float, default=90, help='Request timeout limit.')
 parser.add_argument('--warn', type=float, default=2.0, help='Manually set warn level.')
 parser.add_argument('--crit', type=float, default=2.5, help='Manually set critical level.')
@@ -231,12 +231,11 @@ async def main() -> None:
     for msg in prints:
         print(msg)
 
-    print(f'Took {int(end - start)} seconds to validate the file with {retried} retries.')
-
     if clean_msg:
         print(clean_msg)
 
-    print(f'|retries={retried}')
+    if exit_code == nagios.STATE_OK:
+        print(f'Took {int(end - start)} seconds to with {retried} retries. | retries={retried}')
 
     sys.exit(exit_code)