diff --git a/usr.sbin/cpucontrol/cpucontrol.8 b/usr.sbin/cpucontrol/cpucontrol.8
index 28e9b42c19f5..b049f14c3280 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/cpucontrol/cpucontrol.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/cpucontrol/cpucontrol.8
@@ -84,9 +84,7 @@ Increase the verbosity level.
 Show help message.
 .El
 .Sh EXIT STATUS
-The
-.Nm
-utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
+.Ex -std
 .Sh EXAMPLES
 The command
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