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-rw-r--r--rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.16
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 b/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1
index dc69c1b..0f3070d 100644
--- a/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1
+++ b/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1
@@ -923,9 +923,9 @@ rdiff-backup is run with high verbosity.
.SH EXIT STATUS
If rdiff-backup finishes successfully, the exit status will be 0. If
-there is an error, it will be non-zero (usually 1, but don't depend on
-this specific value). When setting up rdiff-backup to run
-automatically (as from
+there is an unrecoverable (critical) error, it will be non-zero
+(usually 1, but don't depend on this specific value). When setting up
+rdiff-backup to run automatically (as from
.BR cron (8)
or similar) it is probably a good idea to check the exit code.