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-.Dd $Mdocdate: December 30 2015 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: April 11 2017 $
.Dt SYSEXITS 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In sysexits.h
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-Some programs use defined error codes to distinguish between possible errors.
-However, most programs in
-.Ox
-do not.
+A few programs exit with the following non-portable error codes.
+Do not use them.
.Pp
The successful exit is always indicated by a status of 0, or
.Dv EX_OK .