diff --git a/util/flashrom/README b/util/flashrom/README
index 656468f734..8410d3ff5e 100644
--- a/util/flashrom/README
+++ b/util/flashrom/README
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ Usage
  is that flash info is dumped and the flash chip is set to writable.
 
 
+Exit status
+-----------
+flashrom exits with 0 on success, 1 on most failures but with 2 if /dev/mem
+(/dev/xsvc on Solaris) can not be opened and with 3 if a call to mmap() fails.
+
+
 coreboot Table and Mainboard Identification
 --------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/util/flashrom/flashrom.8 b/util/flashrom/flashrom.8
index 4d072c43ab..4e60f850e7 100644
--- a/util/flashrom/flashrom.8
+++ b/util/flashrom/flashrom.8
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ Show a help text and exit.
 .TP
 .B "\-R, \-\-version"
 Show version information and exit.
+.SH EXIT STATUS
+flashrom exits with 0 on success, 1 on most failures but with 2 if /dev/mem
+(/dev/xsvc on Solaris) can not be opened and with 3 if a call to mmap() fails.
 .SH BUGS
 Please report any bugs at
 .BR http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/coreboot/newticket ","