diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 35eea9f..9a86248 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ func main() {
     // <-ctx.Done() if your application should wait for other services
     // to finalize based on context cancellation.
     log.Println("shutting down")
-    os.Exit(0)
+    defer os.Exit(0)
 }
 ```