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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 9cecd2c48..eb5be5e17 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -8595,6 +8595,10 @@ This version of @command{false} is implemented as a C program, and is thus more secure and faster than a shell script implementation, and may safely be used as a dummy shell for the purpose of disabling accounts. +Note that @command{false} (unlike all other programs documented herein) +exits unsuccessfully, even when invoked with +@option{--help} or @option{--version}. + @node true invocation @section @command{true}: Do nothing, successfully |