diff --git a/src/options.go b/src/options.go
index 5ab511d..983a7d3 100644
--- a/src/options.go
+++ b/src/options.go
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ func help(ok int) {
 
 func errorExit(msg string) {
 	os.Stderr.WriteString(msg + "\n")
-	help(1)
+	os.Exit(1)
 }
 
 func optString(arg string, prefixes ...string) (bool, string) {