diff --git a/examples/consumer.pl b/examples/consumer.pl
index 09cd5d6..7d09c40 100755
--- a/examples/consumer.pl
+++ b/examples/consumer.pl
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ my $r = AnyEvent::NSQ::Reader->new(
 #  message_cb => sub {print STDERR "$c: $_[1]{message}\n";$c++; return},    ## return undef => mark_as_done_msg()
   message_cb => sub {return},    ## return undef => mark_as_done_msg()
 
-  error_cb => sub { warn "FATAL: got error message '$_[1]', exiting...\n"; $cv->send },
+  error_cb => sub { warn "$_[1] --- exiting...\n"; $cv->send },
 );
 
 $cv->recv;