diff --git a/merge-changelog b/merge-changelog
index d9f97fc..5ec3c97 100755
--- a/merge-changelog
+++ b/merge-changelog
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ merges them back together, and prints the merged result to stdout.  This
 is useful if you need to manually merge a ubuntu package with a new
 Debian release of the package.
 '''
-    sys.exit(0)
+    sys.exit(exit)
 
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 # Changelog Management