Separate out backquote expression to please Heirloom shell.

[nmh] / man / mhparam.man

diff --git a/man/mhparam.man b/man/mhparam.man
index 07da4ccd31d0f7f0276663f5d2d2c9b6e1650676..df1de43e5f7d250866bf73b1dc821c7a244137c1 100644 (file)
--- a/man/mhparam.man
+++ b/man/mhparam.man
@@ -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