From: Stephen Hemminger <shemming@brocade.com>
Date: Wed, 6 May 2015 16:47:22 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: ip: document exit code
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ip: document exit code

The ip command has always had a consistent exit status
document it so that developers see it.
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diff --git a/man/man8/ip.8 b/man/man8/ip.8
index 43ddac913..045414dd5 100644
--- a/man/man8/ip.8
+++ b/man/man8/ip.8
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ Use color output.
 
 .PP
 The names of all objects may be written in full or
-abbreviated form, for exampe
+abbreviated form, for example
 .B address
 can be abbreviated as
 .B addr
@@ -275,6 +275,10 @@ Usually it is
 or, if the objects of this class cannot be listed,
 .BR "help" .
 
+.SH EXIT STATUS
+Exit status is 0 if command was successful, and 1 if there is a syntax error.
+If an error was reported by the kernel exit status is 2.
+
 .SH HISTORY
 .B ip
 was written by Alexey N. Kuznetsov and added in Linux 2.2.