Separate out backquote expression to please Heirloom shell.

[nmh] / man / mhparam.man

diff --git a/man/mhparam.man b/man/mhparam.man
index 27e1b9b160901138a16e796d5328f3f1d86eb598..df1de43e5f7d250866bf73b1dc821c7a244137c1 100644 (file)
--- a/man/mhparam.man
+++ b/man/mhparam.man
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ mhparam \- print nmh profile and context components
 .HP 5
 .na
 .B mhparam
+.RB [ \-help ]
+.RB [ \-version ]
 .RI [ components ]
 .RB [ \-all ]
 .RB [ \-component " | " \-nocomponent ]
-.RB [ \-version ]
-.RB [ \-help ]
 .RB [ \-debug ]
 .ad
 .SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -153,7 +153,11 @@ is also useful in backquoted operations:
 .fi
 .SH "EXIT STATUS"
 .B mhparam
-returns the number of components that were not found.
+returns the number of components that were not found,
+but limits just the return value to 120 to avoid ambiguity,
+e.g.\& 127 is used by shells to indicate `command not found',
+and 256 would wrap to 0, falsely indicating success.
+.
 .SH FILES
 .fc ^ ~
 .nf