diff --git a/salt/states/saltmod.py b/salt/states/saltmod.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/salt/states/saltmod.py
+++ b/salt/states/saltmod.py
@@ -584,6 +584,7 @@ def runner(name, **kwargs):
     ret['result'] = True
     ret['comment'] = "Runner function '{0}' executed.".format(name)
 
+    ret['__orchestration__'] = True
     if out:
         ret['changes'] = out
 
@@ -616,6 +617,7 @@ def wheel(name, **kwargs):
     ret['result'] = True
     ret['comment'] = "Wheel function '{0}' executed.".format(name)
 
+    ret['__orchestration__'] = True
     if out:
         ret['changes'] = out
Add __orchestration__ key to orch returns for runner/wheel funcs

This gets passed through to the highstate outputter to suppress the
error in the output when the changes param is not a dict.