diff --git a/cmd/cmd.go b/cmd/cmd.go
index 6a6a51f62..396803594 100644
--- a/cmd/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/cmd.go
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ const (
 	exitCodeRetryError
 	exitCodeNoRetryError
 	exitCodeFatalError
+	exitCodeTransferExceeded
 )
 
 // Root is the main rclone command
@@ -461,15 +462,17 @@ func resolveExitCode(err error) {
 		os.Exit(exitCodeSuccess)
 	}
 
-	err = errors.Cause(err)
+	_, unwrapped := fserrors.Cause(err)
 
 	switch {
-	case err == fs.ErrorDirNotFound:
+	case unwrapped == fs.ErrorDirNotFound:
 		os.Exit(exitCodeDirNotFound)
-	case err == fs.ErrorObjectNotFound:
+	case unwrapped == fs.ErrorObjectNotFound:
 		os.Exit(exitCodeFileNotFound)
-	case err == errorUncategorized:
+	case unwrapped == errorUncategorized:
 		os.Exit(exitCodeUncategorizedError)
+	case unwrapped == accounting.ErrorMaxTransferLimitReached:
+		os.Exit(exitCodeTransferExceeded)
 	case fserrors.ShouldRetry(err):
 		os.Exit(exitCodeRetryError)
 	case fserrors.IsNoRetryError(err):
diff --git a/docs/content/docs.md b/docs/content/docs.md
index 2489c9cda..2b4338d6a 100644
--- a/docs/content/docs.md
+++ b/docs/content/docs.md
@@ -543,6 +543,8 @@ Defaults to off.
 
 When the limit is reached all transfers will stop immediately.
 
+Rclone will exit with exit code 8 if the transfer limit is reached.
+
 ### --modify-window=TIME ###
 
 When checking whether a file has been modified, this is the maximum
@@ -1097,6 +1099,7 @@ it will log a high priority message if the retry was successful.
   * `5` - Temporary error (one that more retries might fix) (Retry errors)
   * `6` - Less serious errors (like 461 errors from dropbox) (NoRetry errors)
   * `7` - Fatal error (one that more retries won't fix, like account suspended) (Fatal errors)
+  * `8` - Transfer exceeded - limit set by --max-transfer reached
 
 Environment Variables
 ---------------------