diff -r 8bb426d386a5 Doc/library/subprocess.rst
--- a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst	Wed Oct 12 20:18:33 2016 +0200
+++ b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst	Thu Oct 13 13:35:38 2016 +0200
@@ -1175,14 +1175,16 @@
       >>> subprocess.getstatusoutput('ls /bin/ls')
       (0, '/bin/ls')
       >>> subprocess.getstatusoutput('cat /bin/junk')
-      (256, 'cat: /bin/junk: No such file or directory')
+      (1, 'cat: /bin/junk: No such file or directory')
       >>> subprocess.getstatusoutput('/bin/junk')
-      (256, 'sh: /bin/junk: not found')
+      (127, 'sh: /bin/junk: not found')
 
    Availability: POSIX & Windows
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.3.4
       Windows support added
+      Pay attention the behavior has changed before the return code was always 256. 
+      Now the return code matches the exit value of subprocess.  
 
 
 .. function:: getoutput(cmd)