diff --git a/lib/rdoc/parser/ruby.rb b/lib/rdoc/parser/ruby.rb
index 03825349a2..1a03b1c808 100644
--- a/lib/rdoc/parser/ruby.rb
+++ b/lib/rdoc/parser/ruby.rb
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ class RDoc::Parser::Ruby < RDoc::Parser
   def error(msg)
     msg = make_message msg
     $stderr.puts msg
-    exit(1)
+    exit(false)
   end
 
   ##