diff --git a/man/man8/puppet-resource.8 b/man/man8/puppet-resource.8
index c71fbbe5790..837f725f340 100644
--- a/man/man8/puppet-resource.8
+++ b/man/man8/puppet-resource.8
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ Print extra information\.
 \-\-to_yaml
 Output found resources in yaml format, suitable to use with Hiera and create_resources\.
 .
+.TP
+\-\-fail
+Fails and returns an exit code of 1 if the resource could not be modified\.
+.
 .SH "EXAMPLE"
 This example uses \fBpuppet resource\fR to return a Puppet configuration for the user \fBluke\fR:
 .