diff --git a/poky/bitbake/lib/bblayers/action.py b/poky/bitbake/lib/bblayers/action.py
index f05f5d3..6723e2c 100644
--- a/poky/bitbake/lib/bblayers/action.py
+++ b/poky/bitbake/lib/bblayers/action.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
                 except (bb.tinfoil.TinfoilUIException, bb.BBHandledException):
                     # Restore the back up copy of bblayers.conf
                     shutil.copy2(backup, bblayers_conf)
-                    bb.fatal("Parse failure with the specified layer added, aborting.")
+                    bb.fatal("Parse failure with the specified layer added, exiting.")
                 else:
                     for item in notadded:
                         sys.stderr.write("Specified layer %s is already in BBLAYERS\n" % item)