1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/html.c b/html.c
index 8ec167e5..8f0b2d65 100644
--- a/html.c
+++ b/html.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ ml_alloc(char *outopts, enum htmltype type)
 	h = calloc(1, sizeof(struct html));
 	if (NULL == h) {
 		perror(NULL);
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+		exit(MANDOCLEVEL_SYSERR);
 	}
 
 	h->type = type;
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ print_otag(struct html *h, enum htmltag tag,
 		t = malloc(sizeof(struct tag));
 		if (NULL == t) {
 			perror(NULL);
-			exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+			exit(MANDOCLEVEL_SYSERR);
 		}
 		t->tag = tag;
 		t->next = h->tags.head;