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diff --git a/syslogck b/syslogck
index 808dadd..0427a00 100644
--- a/syslogck
+++ b/syslogck
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ use Pod::Usage;
use Pod::Man;
use Getopt::Long qw(:config gnu_getopt no_ignore_case);
+our $VERSION = '0.99';
+
use constant {
EX_OK => 0,
EX_USAGE => 64,
@@ -39,9 +41,9 @@ can be changed by supplying the name of the file in the command line. Multiple
arguments are allowed.
The configuration parser is very permissive. It selects only lines that
-can reliably be parsed as traditional syslog selector lines. This allows to
-use B<syslogck> with any flavor of syslog that allows for traditional
-configuration (e.g. B<rsyslogd>).
+can reliably be parsed as traditional syslog selector lines, and silently
+ignores the rest. This allows to use B<syslogck> with any flavor of syslog
+that allows for traditional configuration (e.g. B<rsyslogd>).
On success (test message appeared in the log), B<syslogck> silently exits with
code B<0>. If the message did not appear in the log within the time out period,

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