diff --git a/man2/seccomp_unotify.2 b/man2/seccomp_unotify.2
index 2d55d5c29..bc9562892 100644
--- a/man2/seccomp_unotify.2
+++ b/man2/seccomp_unotify.2
@@ -1464,7 +1464,7 @@ getTargetPathname(struct seccomp_notif *req, int notifyFd,
        then read() on that file descriptor will return 0 (EOF). */
 
     if (!cookieIsValid(notifyFd, req\->id)) {
-        perror("\etS: notification ID check failed!!!");
+        close(procMemFd);
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -1480,8 +1480,7 @@ getTargetPathname(struct seccomp_notif *req, int notifyFd,
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 
-    if (close(procMemFd) == \-1)
-        errExit("Supervisor: close\-/proc/PID/mem");
+    close(procMemFd);
 
     /* Once again check that the notification ID is still valid. The
        case we are particularly concerned about here is that just