diff --git a/docs/tutorials/auto_prepare_commit_message.md b/docs/tutorials/auto_prepare_commit_message.md
index 3011142679..7e8295b7c8 100644
--- a/docs/tutorials/auto_prepare_commit_message.md
+++ b/docs/tutorials/auto_prepare_commit_message.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ commitizen and use the generated commit message for the commit.
 
 ## Installation
 
-Copy the hooks from [here](https://github.com/commitizen-tools/hooks) into the `.git/hooks` folder and make them
+Copy the hooks from [here](https://github.com/commitizen-tools/commitizen/tree/master/hooks) into the `.git/hooks` folder and make them
   executable by running the following commands from the root of your Git repository:
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/hooks/post-commit.py b/hooks/post-commit.py
index 6444e5ca84..c7dea825bd 100755
--- a/hooks/post-commit.py
+++ b/hooks/post-commit.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     exit(1)
 
 
-def post_commit():
+def post_commit() -> None:
     backup_file = Path(get_backup_file_path())
 
     # remove backup file if it exists
@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@ def post_commit():
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    exit(post_commit())
+    post_commit()
+    exit(0)
diff --git a/hooks/prepare-commit-msg.py b/hooks/prepare-commit-msg.py
index d1ccf169cf..e666fa673b 100755
--- a/hooks/prepare-commit-msg.py
+++ b/hooks/prepare-commit-msg.py
@@ -13,22 +13,19 @@
     exit(1)
 
 
-def prepare_commit_msg(commit_msg_file: Path) -> int:
+def prepare_commit_msg(commit_msg_file: str) -> int:
     # check if the commit message needs to be generated using commitizen
-    if (
-        subprocess.run(
-            [
-                "cz",
-                "check",
-                "--commit-msg-file",
-                commit_msg_file,
-            ],
-            capture_output=True,
-        ).returncode
-        != 0
-    ):
+    exit_code = subprocess.run(
+        [
+            "cz",
+            "check",
+            "--commit-msg-file",
+            commit_msg_file,
+        ],
+        capture_output=True,
+    ).returncode
+    if exit_code != 0:
         backup_file = Path(get_backup_file_path())
-
         if backup_file.is_file():
             # confirm if commit message from backup file should be reused
             answer = input("retry with previous message? [y/N]: ")
@@ -54,6 +51,7 @@ def prepare_commit_msg(commit_msg_file: Path) -> int:
 
         # write message to backup file
         shutil.copyfile(commit_msg_file, backup_file)
+    return 0
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":