diff --git a/usr.bin/cut/cut.1 b/usr.bin/cut/cut.1
index 00118af7317b..0f6420f8a4e9 100644
--- a/usr.bin/cut/cut.1
+++ b/usr.bin/cut/cut.1
@@ -115,10 +115,8 @@ Do not split multi-byte characters.
 Suppress lines with no field delimiter characters.
 Unless specified, lines with no delimiters are passed through unmodified.
 .El
-.Pp
-The
-.Nm
-utility exits with 0 on success or 1 if an error occurred.
+.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
+.Ex -std
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr paste 1
 .Sh STANDARDS