diff --git a/manifests/ringbuilder/rebalance.pp b/manifests/ringbuilder/rebalance.pp
index 256249e7..5d525fd8 100644
--- a/manifests/ringbuilder/rebalance.pp
+++ b/manifests/ringbuilder/rebalance.pp
@@ -24,5 +24,6 @@ define swift::ringbuilder::rebalance(
     path        => ['/usr/bin'],
     refreshonly => true,
     before      => Anchor['swift::config::end'],
+    returns     => [0, 1],
   }
 }
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/rebalance-exit-codes-ee79621190315a5a.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/rebalance-exit-codes-ee79621190315a5a.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..30ab7040
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/rebalance-exit-codes-ee79621190315a5a.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - puppet-swift will no longer raise an error if
+    swift-ring-builder rebalance returns an exit code of 1.
+    This is a warning but not an error in
+    swift-ring-builder; errors use an exit code of 2 in
+    swift-ring-builder.