diff --git a/src/cli-util.js b/src/cli-util.js
index 4fa65234..70da3a90 100644
--- a/src/cli-util.js
+++ b/src/cli-util.js
@@ -130,12 +130,12 @@ function handleError(filename, e) {
   process.exitCode = 2;
 }
 
-function resolveConfig(filePath) {
+function logResolvedConfigPathOrDie(filePath) {
   const configFile = resolver.resolveConfigFile.sync(filePath);
   if (configFile) {
     console.log(path.relative(process.cwd(), configFile));
   } else {
-    process.exitCode = 1;
+    process.exit(1);
   }
 }
 
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ function formatFiles(argv) {
 }
 
 module.exports = {
-  resolveConfig,
+  logResolvedConfigPathOrDie,
   format,
   formatStdin,
   formatFiles
diff --git a/src/cli.js b/src/cli.js
index f2630c61..66c7bb25 100644
--- a/src/cli.js
+++ b/src/cli.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ function run(args) {
   const useStdin = argv["stdin"] || (!hasFilePatterns && !process.stdin.isTTY);
 
   if (argv["find-config-path"]) {
-    util.resolveConfig(argv["find-config-path"]);
+    util.logResolvedConfigPathOrDie(argv["find-config-path"]);
   } else if (useStdin) {
     util.formatStdin(argv);
   } else if (hasFilePatterns) {