-checked for syntax and a message will be printed to the
-standard output detailing the status of I<sudoers>.
-If the syntax check completes successfully, B<visudo> will
-exit with a value of 0. If a syntax error is encountered,
+checked for syntax errors, owner and mode. A message will be printed
+to the standard output describing the status of I<sudoers> unless
+the B<-q> option was specified. If the check completes successfully,
+B<visudo> will exit with a value of 0. If an error is encountered,