diff -Naur a/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c b/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c
--- a/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c	2011-04-14 23:18:15 -0400
+++ b/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c	2011-08-01 19:44:54 -0400
@@ -975,7 +975,7 @@
 		}
 	}
 	printf(_("%s: no server running\n"), progname);
-	exit(1);
+	exit(3);
 }