diff --git a/scripts/coccicheck b/scripts/coccicheck
index 2956fce8fa4fc82fd941e7785e742d526ad142c2..e52cb43fede60fe1be7eea170b63a6c0d54b6e0b 100755
--- a/scripts/coccicheck
+++ b/scripts/coccicheck
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # Linux kernel coccicheck
 #
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ fi
 SPATCH_VERSION=$($SPATCH --version | head -1 | awk '{print $3}')
 
 USE_JOBS="no"
-$SPATCH --help | grep "\-\-jobs" > /dev/null && USE_JOBS="yes"
+$SPATCH --help | grep -e "--jobs" > /dev/null && USE_JOBS="yes"
 
 # The verbosity may be set by the environmental parameter V=
 # as for example with 'make V=1 coccicheck'
diff --git a/scripts/coccinelle/api/atomic_as_refcounter.cocci b/scripts/coccinelle/api/atomic_as_refcounter.cocci
index e63d52408b86fe38d24c07e0402776c0086b0b7e..bbe5b293293352fc0e47c159a4a34fa05b6edc61 100644
--- a/scripts/coccinelle/api/atomic_as_refcounter.cocci
+++ b/scripts/coccinelle/api/atomic_as_refcounter.cocci
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ identifier fname6 =~ ".*call_rcu.*";
 p1 << r1.p1;
 p2 << r1.p2;
 @@
-msg = "atomic_dec_and_test variation before object free at line %s."
+msg = "WARNING: atomic_dec_and_test variation before object free at line %s."
 coccilib.report.print_report(p1[0], msg % (p2[0].line))
 
 @r4 exists@
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ fname@p2(y, ...);
 p1 << r4.p1;
 p2 << r4.p2;
 @@
-msg = "atomic_dec_and_test variation before object free at line %s."
+msg = "WARNING: atomic_dec_and_test variation before object free at line %s."
 coccilib.report.print_report(p1[0], msg % (p2[0].line))
 
 @r2 exists@
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ atomic64_add_unless(&(a)->x,-1,1)@p1
 @script:python depends on report@
 p1 << r2.p1;
 @@
-msg = "atomic_add_unless"
+msg = "WARNING: atomic_add_unless"
 coccilib.report.print_report(p1[0], msg)
 
 @r3 exists@
@@ -126,5 +126,5 @@ x = atomic64_add_return@p1(-1, ...);
 @script:python depends on report@
 p1 << r3.p1;
 @@
-msg = "x = atomic_add_return(-1, ...)"
+msg = "WARNING: x = atomic_add_return(-1, ...)"
 coccilib.report.print_report(p1[0], msg)