diff --git a/bin/swift-oldies b/bin/swift-oldies
index 46263ab95d..74854d78d8 100755
--- a/bin/swift-oldies
+++ b/bin/swift-oldies
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Lists old Swift processes.
             listing.append((str(hours), pid, args))
 
     if not listing:
-        exit()
+        sys.exit()
 
     hours_len = len('Hours')
     pid_len = len('PID')
diff --git a/bin/swift-orphans b/bin/swift-orphans
index d6cf2d0801..90311c9816 100755
--- a/bin/swift-orphans
+++ b/bin/swift-orphans
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Example (sends SIGTERM to all orphaned Swift processes older than two hours):
             listing.append((str(hours), pid, args))
 
     if not listing:
-        exit()
+        sys.exit()
 
     hours_len = len('Hours')
     pid_len = len('PID')