diff --git a/lib/pure/unittest.nim b/lib/pure/unittest.nim
index 49e24037a7..65bcd50560 100644
--- a/lib/pure/unittest.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/unittest.nim
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
 ## Tests can be nested, however failure of a nested test will not mark the
 ## parent test as failed. Setup and teardown are inherited. Setup can be
 ## overridden locally.
+## Compiled test files return the number of failed test as exit code, while
+## nim c -r <testfile.nim> exits with 0 or 1
 
 import
   macros