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 .SH EXIT STATUS
-Exit status is equal to the exit status of profiled program.
+The exit status of
+.BR memusage
+is equal to the exit status of the profiled program.
 .SH BUGS
 To report bugs, see
 .UR http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/bugs.html