diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-status b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-status
index 953d3a43e..bb05d5f2e 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-status
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-status
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ cat <<HELP_USAGE
 
    -h             Show this message.
    -q|--quiet     Suppress the output and only return a
-		  single status code for overall status
-		  0:Ok, 1:Error, 2:Starting/Pending
+	              single status code for overall status
+	0:Ok, 1:Error, 2:Starting/Pending, 99:Installing SO
 HELP_USAGE
 }