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-.\"	$Id: makewhatis.1,v 1.11 2011/07/11 09:40:49 kristaps Exp $
+.\"	$Id: makewhatis.1,v 1.12 2011/07/11 09:44:07 kristaps Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
 .\"
@@ -146,7 +146,24 @@ A
 database of indexed file-names.
 .El
 .Sh EXIT STATUS
-.Ex -std
+The
+.Nm
+utility exits with one of the following values:
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
+.It 0
+No errors occurred.
+.It 5
+Invalid command line arguments were specified.
+No input files have been read.
+.It 6
+An operating system error occurred, for example memory exhaustion or an
+error accessing input files.
+Such errors cause
+.Nm
+to exit at once, possibly in the middle of parsing or formatting a file.
+The output databases are corrupt and should be removed .
+.El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr mandoc 1
 .Sh AUTHORS