diff --git a/doc/examples/mtapi/mtapi_check_status-snippet.h b/doc/examples/mtapi/mtapi_check_status-snippet.h
index d22c393..bf1d1d3 100644
--- a/doc/examples/mtapi/mtapi_check_status-snippet.h
+++ b/doc/examples/mtapi/mtapi_check_status-snippet.h
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
 #include <embb/base/c/log.h>
 #define MTAPI_CHECK_STATUS(status) \
 if (MTAPI_SUCCESS != status) { \
-  embb_log_error("MTAPI C Example", "...error %d\n\n", status); \
-  abort(); \
+  printf("...error %d\n\n", status); \
+  exit(status); \
 }