From a27fb6dae5142a4220549845ef31516757ae6e4a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Laurent Bercot <ska-skaware@skarnet.org>
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 13:19:13 +0000
Subject:  Use more accurate exit codes in backtick and foreground

Signed-off-by: Laurent Bercot <ska@appnovation.com>
---
 doc/backtick.html | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'doc/backtick.html')

diff --git a/doc/backtick.html b/doc/backtick.html
index 38c02a2..3081407 100644
--- a/doc/backtick.html
+++ b/doc/backtick.html
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ is set to <em>default</em>, and execution proceeds. </li>
  If the command line can keep running after <em>prog1</em> crashes or exits
 nonzero, i.e. if one of the <tt>-I</tt>, <tt>-x</tt> -or <tt>-D</tt> has been
 given, then <tt>backtick</tt> also adds the <tt>?</tt> variable to the
-environment; it then contains an <a href="exitcodes.html">approximation</a>
-of <em>prog1</em>'s exit code.
+environment. If <em>prog1</em> exited normally, the variable contains its exit
+code; otherwise, 256 plus the number of the signal that killed it.
 </p>
 
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