diff --git a/timeoutd.8 b/timeoutd.8
index a38a29b..47a86cf 100644
--- a/timeoutd.8
+++ b/timeoutd.8
@@ -54,7 +54,15 @@ to login at that time, or whether they have exceeded their daily time limit.
 When invoked in this way, by passing a username and tty (without the leading
 /dev) on the command line, 
 .B timeoutd 
-returns one of the following exit codes:
+returns an exit code and may leave an appropriate message.
+.SH EXIT STATUS
+When run in daemon mode,
+.B timeoutd
+may exit with an exit status of 1, in case of fatal error, or 0, if it has been
+terminated by another process.
+.PP
+When invoked as a normal command, it will exit
+with one of the following exit codes:
 .IP "0 User is allowed to login
 .IP "1 Fatal error
 .IP "5 Incorrect command line format