+The return status of
+.B mhfixmsg
+is 0 if all of the requested transformations are performed, or
+non-zero otherwise.
+.RB ( mhfixmsg
+will not decode to binary content, but a request to do so is
+not considered a failure, and is noted with
+.BR \-verbose .)
+If a problem is detected with any one of multiple messages such that
+the return status is non-zero, then none of the messages will be
+modified.
+.PP