diff --git a/repo b/repo
index bdc05c3..6f2067e 100755
--- a/repo
+++ b/repo
@@ -479,6 +479,7 @@
   if args:
     if args[0] == 'init':
       init_optparse.print_help()
+      sys.exit(0)
     else:
       print >>sys.stderr,\
       "error: '%s' is not a bootstrap command.\n"\