From 1ca6a9933ce997db13d276b3efed1005ddef6be1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 08:32:06 +0000
Subject: better explanation of return values;

originally from david christiansen, but (re)worded by otto;
ok otto
---
 sbin/ping6/ping6.8 | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

(limited to 'sbin/ping6')

diff --git a/sbin/ping6/ping6.8 b/sbin/ping6/ping6.8
index ffc76c900e7..cf275f83061 100644
--- a/sbin/ping6/ping6.8
+++ b/sbin/ping6/ping6.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: ping6.8,v 1.28 2003/10/25 07:40:37 jmc Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: ping6.8,v 1.29 2006/07/18 08:32:05 jmc Exp $
 .\"	$KAME: ping6.8,v 1.57 2002/05/26 13:18:25 itojun Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998 WIDE Project.
@@ -315,6 +315,10 @@ management.
 Because of the load it can impose on the network, it is unwise to use
 .Nm
 during normal operations or from automated scripts.
+.Pp
+.Nm
+exits 0 if at least one reply is received,
+and \*(Gt0 if no reply is received or an error occurred.
 .\" .Sh ICMP PACKET DETAILS
 .\" An IP header without options is 20 bytes.
 .\" An
@@ -387,10 +391,6 @@ using the
 .Fl p
 option of
 .Nm ping6 .
-.Sh RETURN VALUES
-.Nm
-returns 0 on success (the host is alive),
-and non-zero if the arguments are incorrect or the host is not responding.
 .Sh EXAMPLES
 Normally,
 .Nm
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