1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/wc.c b/src/wc.c
index 9b98d4586..7f59cf5bb 100644
--- a/src/wc.c
+++ b/src/wc.c
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
     }
 
   if (have_read_stdin && close (0))
-    error (1, errno, "-");
+    error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, "-");
 
   exit (exit_status == 0 ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE);
 }