Index: bin/scan-build
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--- bin/scan-build
+++ bin/scan-build
@@ -1849,6 +1849,10 @@
   DieDiag("'c++-analyzer' does not exist at '$CmdCXX'\n") if(! -e $CmdCXX);
 }
 
+if ($Options{ExitStatusFoundBugs} == 1 && !($Options{OutputFormat} =~ /html/)) {
+  DieDiag("--status-bugs is only supported with the HTML output format\n");
+}
+
 Diag("Using '$Clang' for static analysis\n");
 
 SetHtmlEnv(\@ARGV, $Options{OutputDir});