diff --git a/OpenIPMI.spec b/OpenIPMI.spec
index 4a72f47..d1d23f1 100644
--- a/OpenIPMI.spec
+++ b/OpenIPMI.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Summary: IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) library and tools
 Name: OpenIPMI
 Version: 2.0.16
-Release: 9%{?dist}
+Release: 10%{?dist}
 License: LGPLv2+ and GPLv2+ or BSD
 Group: System Environment/Base
 URL: http://sourceforge.net/projects/openipmi/
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Source: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/openipmi/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1: openipmi.sysconf
 Source2: openipmi.initscript
 Source3: openipmigui.desktop
+Source4: README.initscript
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires: gdbm-devel swig glib2-devel net-snmp-devel ncurses-devel
 BuildRequires: openssl-devel python-devel perl-devel tcl-devel tkinter
@@ -91,6 +92,8 @@ install -m 755 %SOURCE2 ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_initrddir}/ipmi
 
 desktop-file-install --vendor="fedora" --dir=${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_datadir}/applications %{SOURCE3}
 
+install -m 644 %SOURCE4 .
+
 %post
 /sbin/chkconfig --add ipmi
 
@@ -114,7 +117,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root)
-%doc CONFIGURING_FOR_LAN COPYING COPYING.BSD COPYING.LIB FAQ README README.Force README.MotorolaMXP
+%doc CONFIGURING_FOR_LAN COPYING COPYING.BSD COPYING.LIB FAQ README README.Force README.MotorolaMXP README.initscript
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/sysconfig/ipmi
 %{_initrddir}/ipmi
 %{_bindir}/ipmicmd
@@ -161,6 +164,10 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_datadir}/applications/fedora-openipmigui.desktop
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Mar  3 2010 Jan Safranek <jsafrane@redhat.com> - 2.0.16-10
+- add README.initscript describing /etc/init.d/ipmi initscript exit codes
+  (#562151)
+
 * Mon Feb 22 2010 Jan Safranek <jsafrane@redhat.com> - 2.0.16-9
 - fix package License: field, there *are* sources with BSD header
 - distribute README files and COPYING in package
diff --git a/README.initscript b/README.initscript
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38d60ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.initscript
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Please note that the /etc/init.d/ipmi init script is not LSB compliant and
+uses non-standard exit codes. See the init script for detailed description.