diff --git a/shellcheck.1.md b/shellcheck.1.md
index 22ac258..4d29c0e 100644
--- a/shellcheck.1.md
+++ b/shellcheck.1.md
@@ -159,6 +159,16 @@ The environment variable `SHELLCHECK_OPTS` can be set with default flags:
 Its value will be split on spaces and prepended to the command line on each
 invocation.
 
+# RETURN VALUES
+
+ShellCheck uses the follow exit codes:
+
++ 0: All files successfully scanned with no issues.
++ 1: All files successfully scanned with some issues.
++ 2: Some files could not be processed (e.g. file not found).
++ 3: ShellCheck was invoked with bad syntax (e.g. unknown flag).
++ 4: ShellCheck was invoked with bad options (e.g. unknown formatter).
+
 # AUTHOR
 ShellCheck is written and maintained by Vidar Holen.
 
diff --git a/shellcheck.hs b/shellcheck.hs
index 878e847..3f8888e 100644
--- a/shellcheck.hs
+++ b/shellcheck.hs
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ data Flag = Flag String String
 data Status =
     NoProblems
     | SomeProblems
-    | BadInput
     | SupportFailure
     | SyntaxFailure
     | RuntimeException
@@ -144,7 +143,6 @@ statusToCode status =
     case status of
         NoProblems -> ExitSuccess
         SomeProblems -> ExitFailure 1
-        BadInput -> ExitFailure 5
         SyntaxFailure -> ExitFailure 3
         SupportFailure -> ExitFailure 4
         RuntimeException -> ExitFailure 2