diff --git a/check_reboot_required b/check_reboot_required
index 4b00ad7238e89f45aafdec10e1984a7b3bb79eed..4fad65100c71325d00e712f567b2b45eb38ca20c 100755
--- a/check_reboot_required
+++ b/check_reboot_required
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ case $distro in
     ;;
 
   *)
-    ph.abort "UNKNOWN: distro [$distro] was detected but is not supported (yet)."
+    ph.setStatus "unknown"
+    ph.status "distro [$distro] was detected but is not supported (yet)."
     echo "If your distro is based on Arch, Centos or Debian then it easily can be added in the script. Report the distro name to the author."
     ;; 
 esac