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diff --git a/share/man/man9/style.9 b/share/man/man9/style.9
index d73bc5e39c0..8426ed41e02 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/style.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/style.9
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $OpenBSD: style.9,v 1.9 2000/10/25 15:03:41 aaron Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: style.9,v 1.10 2000/12/20 21:09:07 aaron Exp $
.\"
.Dd August 19, 1999
.Dt STYLE 9
@@ -262,7 +262,10 @@ call and the switch statement, unless
parts of the switch cascade.
Elements in a switch statement that cascade should have a FALLTHROUGH comment.
Numerical arguments should be checked for accuracy.
-Code that cannot be reached should have a NOTREACHED comment.
+Code that cannot be reached should have a NOTREACHED comment, except following,
+i.e., an
+.Xr exit 3
+call, where it is obvious.
.Bd -literal -offset 0i
while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "abn")) != -1)
switch (ch) { /* Indent the switch. */