diff --git a/scripts/script.db b/scripts/script.db
index 3f28a82ff..53434c905 100644
--- a/scripts/script.db
+++ b/scripts/script.db
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ Entry { filename = "snmp-win32-software.nse", categories = { "default", "discove
 Entry { filename = "snmp-win32-users.nse", categories = { "default", "discovery", "safe", } }
 Entry { filename = "socks-open-proxy.nse", categories = { "default", "discovery", "external", "intrusive", } }
 Entry { filename = "sql-injection.nse", categories = { "intrusive", "vuln", } }
-Entry { filename = "ssh-hostkey.nse", categories = { "default", "intrusive", "safe", } }
+Entry { filename = "ssh-hostkey.nse", categories = { "default", "discovery", "safe", } }
 Entry { filename = "sshv1.nse", categories = { "default", "safe", } }
 Entry { filename = "ssl-cert.nse", categories = { "discovery", "safe", } }
 Entry { filename = "ssl-enum-ciphers.nse", categories = { "discovery", "intrusive", } }
diff --git a/scripts/ssh-hostkey.nse b/scripts/ssh-hostkey.nse
index be3e39cda..0726cb40a 100644
--- a/scripts/ssh-hostkey.nse
+++ b/scripts/ssh-hostkey.nse
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Shows the target SSH server's key fingerprint and (with high enough verbosity le
 -- |_ ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAQEAwVuv2gcr0maaKQ69VVIEv2ob4OxnuI64fkeOnCXD1lUx5tTA+vefXUWEMxgMuA7iX4irJHy2zer0NQ3Z3yJvr5scPgTYIaEOp5Uo/eGFG9Agpk5wE8CoF0e47iCAPHqzlmP2V7aNURLMODb3jVZuI07A2ZRrMGrD8d888E2ORVORv1rYeTYCqcMMoVFmX9l3gWEdk4yx3w5sD8v501Iuyd1v19mPfyhrI5E1E1nl/Xjp5N0/xP2GUBrdkDMxKaxqTPMie/f0dXBUPQQN697a5q+5lBRPhKYOtn6yQKCd9s1Q22nxn72Jmi1RzbMyYJ52FosDT755Qmb46GLrDMaZMQ==
 author = "Sven Klemm"
 license = "Same as Nmap--See http://nmap.org/book/man-legal.html"
-categories = {"safe","default","intrusive"}
+categories = {"safe","default","discovery"}
 
 require("shortport")
 require("stdnse")