diff --git a/cmd/service/dumpscript.c b/cmd/service/dumpscript.c
index 1822aa9..7102b5c 100644
--- a/cmd/service/dumpscript.c
+++ b/cmd/service/dumpscript.c
@@ -10,9 +10,8 @@
 
 static service_t *try_load(const char *directory, const char *filename)
 {
-	int dirfd, type;
-	struct stat sb;
 	service_t *svc;
+	int dirfd;
 
 	dirfd = open(directory, O_RDONLY | O_DIRECTORY);
 
@@ -21,18 +20,6 @@ static service_t *try_load(const char *directory, const char *filename)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	if (fstatat(dirfd, filename, &sb, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW)) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "stat %s/%s: %s\n",
-			directory, filename, strerror(errno));
-		close(dirfd);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	type = (sb.st_mode & S_IFMT);
-
-	if (type != S_IFREG && type != S_IFLNK)
-		return NULL;
-
 	svc = rdsvc(dirfd, filename, 0);
 	close(dirfd);
 	return svc;
diff --git a/cmd/service/service.8 b/cmd/service/service.8
index c69aac5..1f021db 100644
--- a/cmd/service/service.8
+++ b/cmd/service/service.8
@@ -39,9 +39,10 @@ the desired service instance.
 Parse a service file from and produce a pseudo shell script containing the
 exact commands executed when starting the service.
 .TP
-.BR status
+.BR status " " \fI[--detail|-d]\fP " " \fI[services...]\fP
 Print a status report of all supervised services, i.e. if they are currently
-running, have exited or waiting to be scheduled.
+running, have exited or waiting to be scheduled. A specific list of services
+can be specified. Shell globbing patterns can be used.
 .SH AVAILABILITY
 This program is part of the Pygos init system.
 .SH COPYRIGHT