diff --git a/doc/man1/timew-report.1.adoc b/doc/man1/timew-report.1.adoc
index 6c000933..a37c1d3a 100644
--- a/doc/man1/timew-report.1.adoc
+++ b/doc/man1/timew-report.1.adoc
@@ -15,3 +15,6 @@ The 'report' command itself is optional, which means that these two commands are
     $ timew        foo :week
 
 This does however assume there is a 'foo' extension installed.
+
+The return code is the return code of the extension.
+If the extension produces no output, 255 is returned.
diff --git a/src/commands/CmdReport.cpp b/src/commands/CmdReport.cpp
index fcbd4e04..11fc0287 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdReport.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdReport.cpp
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ int CmdReport (
   for (auto& line : output)
     std::cout << line << '\n';
 
-  return 0;
+  return rc;
 }
 
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