diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index 45c5e0e..fc4b43b 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 ######################
-    brightlight v6
+    brightlight v7
 ######################
 
 Overview
 ========
 
-This is brightlight, version v6. brightlight is a program that can get and
+This is brightlight, version v7. brightlight is a program that can get and
 set the screen backlight brightness on Linux systems using the kernel sysfs 
 interface. I wrote this program because the backlight keys on my laptop's 
 keyboard didn't work after I installed Linux on it, and the bash script I was 
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ v3, 31/07/2016 - Tidied up program logic and internals, added build system.
 v4, 08/01/2017 - Minor changes to fix bugs found by clang static analyzer.
 v5, 21/10/2017 - Tweak to the Makefile, contributed by Igor Gnatenko.
 v6, 25/07/2018 - From-scratch rewrite, relicence under an ISC licence.
+v7, 08/10/2018 - Bugfix release.
 
 License
 =======
diff --git a/brightlight.c b/brightlight.c
index 3d08c2c..02587cf 100644
--- a/brightlight.c
+++ b/brightlight.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #define PROGNAM "brightlight"
-#define PROGVER 6
+#define PROGVER 7
 
 #define DEFAULT_CTRL_DIR  "/sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight"
 #define MAXBRIGHT         "max_brightness"
@@ -228,8 +228,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
             numarg = optarg;
             break;
         case '?':
-            /* getopt_long has printed an error message */
-            exit(1);
+            errx(1, "invalid option: '%c'", optopt);
             break;
         default:
             errx(1, "error parsing options");