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@@ -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