diff --git a/doc/manual_rest.rst b/doc/manual_rest.rst
index 32e5f716a..813cdfb8c 100644
--- a/doc/manual_rest.rst
+++ b/doc/manual_rest.rst
@@ -80,10 +80,9 @@ command:
     EXIT STATUS
     ===========
 
-    Exit status is 0 if the command was successful, and non-zero if there was any error.
-
-    Note that some issues such as unreadable or deleted files during backup
-    currently doesn't result in a non-zero error exit status.
+    Exit status is 0 if the command was successful.
+    Exit status is 1 if there was a fatal error (no snapshot created).
+    Exit status is 3 if some source data could not be read (incomplete snapshot created).
 
     Usage:
       restic backup [flags] FILE/DIR [FILE/DIR] ...