diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a3ae3c38..04c9372b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ Copyright (C) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
 See the end for copying conditions.
 
 Please send GNU Wget bug reports to <bug-wget@gnu.org>.
+* Changes in Wget X.Y.Z
+
+** Now --version works again.
+
 
 * Changes in Wget 1.13.3
 
diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index d68ef744..b6fe0595 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-09-02  Mojca Miklavec <mojca.miklavec.lists@gmail.com> (tiny change)
+
+	* main.c (print_version): Do not exit prematurely when --version is passed.
+
 2011-08-30  Giuseppe Scrivano  <gscrivano@gnu.org>
 
 	* gnutls.c (wgnutls_read_timeout): Use the non blocking socket only for
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index ff5e6afa..9b704d1f 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ print_version (void)
       int line_length = MAX_CHARS_PER_LINE;
       while ((line_length > 0) && (compiled_features[i] != NULL))
         {
-          if (printf ("%s ", compiled_features[i]))
+          if (printf ("%s ", compiled_features[i]) < 0)
             exit (3);
           line_length -= strlen (compiled_features[i]) + 2;
           i++;