diff --git a/src/pkg/os/inotify/inotify_linux.go b/src/pkg/os/inotify/inotify_linux.go
index 9d7a074424..96c229e7b7 100644
--- a/src/pkg/os/inotify/inotify_linux.go
+++ b/src/pkg/os/inotify/inotify_linux.go
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ This package implements a wrapper for the Linux inotify system.
 Example:
     watcher, err := inotify.NewWatcher()
     if err != nil {
-        log.Exit(err)
+        log.Fatal(err)
     }
     err = watcher.Watch("/tmp")
     if err != nil {
-        log.Exit(err)
+        log.Fatal(err)
     }
     for {
         select {