diff --git a/usr.bin/id/id.1 b/usr.bin/id/id.1
index 7ee419748dce..ad66b62910bb 100644
--- a/usr.bin/id/id.1
+++ b/usr.bin/id/id.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: id.1,v 1.13 2017/07/03 21:34:19 wiz Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: id.1,v 1.14 2017/07/04 07:01:07 wiz Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993, 1994
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -108,10 +108,8 @@ options instead of the effective ID.
 .It Fl u
 Display the effective user ID as a number.
 .El
-.Pp
-The
-.Nm
-utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
+.Sh EXIT STATUS
+.Ex -std id
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr who 1
 .Sh STANDARDS
diff --git a/usr.bin/join/join.1 b/usr.bin/join/join.1
index 7f8df111f0fa..d40b09931c82 100644
--- a/usr.bin/join/join.1
+++ b/usr.bin/join/join.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: join.1,v 1.14 2017/07/03 21:34:19 wiz Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: join.1,v 1.15 2017/07/04 07:01:53 wiz Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993
 .\"   The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\"	from: @(#)join.1	8.3 (Berkeley) 4/28/95
-.\"	$NetBSD: join.1,v 1.14 2017/07/03 21:34:19 wiz Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd April 28, 1995
 .Dt JOIN 1
@@ -152,10 +151,8 @@ If one of the arguments
 or
 .Ar file2
 is ``-'', the standard input is used.
-.Pp
-The
-.Nm
-utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
+.Sh EXIT STATUS
+.Ex -std join
 .Sh COMPATIBILITY
 For compatibility with historic versions of
 .Nm ,
diff --git a/usr.bin/logname/logname.1 b/usr.bin/logname/logname.1
index 00b09978b627..242ac000a21d 100644
--- a/usr.bin/logname/logname.1
+++ b/usr.bin/logname/logname.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: logname.1,v 1.13 2017/07/03 21:34:19 wiz Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: logname.1,v 1.14 2017/07/04 07:02:44 wiz Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -54,10 +54,8 @@ and
 .Ev USER
 environment variables
 because the environment cannot be trusted.
-.Pp
-The
-.Nm
-utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
+.Sh EXIT STATUS
+.Ex -std logname
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr who 1 ,
 .Xr whoami 1 ,
diff --git a/usr.bin/mkfifo/mkfifo.1 b/usr.bin/mkfifo/mkfifo.1
index 2b3fb83a3f0b..a178dc2ab3ab 100644
--- a/usr.bin/mkfifo/mkfifo.1
+++ b/usr.bin/mkfifo/mkfifo.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: mkfifo.1,v 1.12 2017/07/03 21:34:20 wiz Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: mkfifo.1,v 1.13 2017/07/04 07:03:32 wiz Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -67,9 +67,8 @@ operators are interpreted relative to an assumed initial mode of
 .Pp
 .Nm
 requires write permission in the parent directory.
-.Pp
-.Nm
-exits 0 if successful, and >0 if an error occurred.
+.Sh EXIT STATUS
+.Ex -std
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr mkdir 1 ,
 .Xr rm 1 ,
diff --git a/usr.bin/tail/tail.1 b/usr.bin/tail/tail.1
index 23d53624badc..e8c1250acd73 100644
--- a/usr.bin/tail/tail.1
+++ b/usr.bin/tail/tail.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: tail.1,v 1.16 2017/07/03 21:34:21 wiz Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: tail.1,v 1.17 2017/07/04 07:04:50 wiz Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1991, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -139,10 +139,8 @@ header consisting of the string
 where
 .Dq XXX
 is the name of the file.
-.Pp
-The
-.Nm
-utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
+.Sh EXIT STATUS
+.Ex -std tail
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr cat 1 ,
 .Xr head 1 ,
diff --git a/usr.bin/tee/tee.1 b/usr.bin/tee/tee.1
index c824c06b9e18..5ba9565a29ab 100644
--- a/usr.bin/tee/tee.1
+++ b/usr.bin/tee/tee.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: tee.1,v 1.8 2017/07/03 21:34:21 wiz Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: tee.1,v 1.9 2017/07/04 07:05:16 wiz Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -73,10 +73,8 @@ utility takes the default action for all signals,
 except in the event of the
 .Fl i
 option.
-.Pp
-The
-.Nm
-utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
+.Sh EXIT STATUS
+.Ex -std tee
 .Sh STANDARDS
 The
 .Nm