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@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ Show a simple help text basically depicting the above options\.
.\"
.SH EXIT STATUS
.TP
-.B 0
+.B @ret_success@
Successfull operation\.
In case of
.BR \-\-search\-by\-name
@@ -173,22 +173,34 @@ or
at least one matching entry was found\.
.\"
.TP
-.B 1
-An error occurred or, in case of
-.B \-\-search\-by\-name
+.B @ret_failure@
+In case of
+.BR \-\-search\-by\-name
or
.BR \-\-search\-by\-data ,
no matching entry was found\.
+Elsewise, the action did not succeed, for example due to the requested name
+not referring to an existing contact entry\.
+.\"
+.TP
+.B @ret_badsyntax@
+The used command contains bad syntax which will fail under any conditions\.
+.\"
+.TP
+.B @ret_error@
+An unexpected error occurred, for example due to missing permissions in
+.BR datadir \.
.\"
.\"
.SH ENVIROMENT
.TP
.B EDITOR
-The editor to use when \fBctct\fP is called with the \fI\-\-edit\fP
+The editor to use when \fBctct\fP is called with the \fB\-\-edit\fP
option and \fBdefault_editor\fP is not set in \fBctct_config\fP(5)\.
.\"
.\"
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR ctct_config (5),
.BR grep (1)
+.\"
.\" vi: tw=75