diff --git a/doc/scripts/shlint.sh b/doc/scripts/shlint.sh
index 8189588..2d186ee 100755
--- a/doc/scripts/shlint.sh
+++ b/doc/scripts/shlint.sh
@@ -70,8 +70,7 @@ target="$1"
 [ $clean -ne 0 ] && return 0
 
 ret=0
-> "$target"
 for i in $($FIND "../doc" "../src" "../tests" "../tools" -name '*.sh'); do
-	$DEBUG $SHLINT "$i" 2>> "$target"			|| ret=2
-done
+	$DEBUG $SHLINT "$i"					|| ret=2
+done 2> "$target"
 exit $ret
diff --git a/doc/scripts/xmllint.sh b/doc/scripts/xmllint.sh
index c5f911d..78469b2 100755
--- a/doc/scripts/xmllint.sh
+++ b/doc/scripts/xmllint.sh
@@ -71,8 +71,7 @@ target="$1"
 [ $clean -ne 0 ] && return 0
 
 ret=0
-> "$target"
 for i in $($FIND "../src" "../tools" -name '*.xml' -o -name '*.xsl'); do
-	$DEBUG $XMLLINT "$i" > "$DEVNULL" 2>> "$target"		|| ret=2
-done
+	$DEBUG $XMLLINT "$i" > "$DEVNULL"			|| ret=2
+done 2> "$target"
 exit $ret