diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_unix.rs b/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_unix.rs
index 01f1318fe8078..53916cb9abdea 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_unix.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_unix.rs
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ impl From<c_int> for ExitStatus {
 impl fmt::Display for ExitStatus {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         if let Some(code) = self.code() {
-            write!(f, "exit code: {}", code)
+            write!(f, "exit status: {}", code)
         } else if let Some(signal) = self.signal() {
             if self.core_dumped() {
                 write!(f, "signal: {} (core dumped)", signal)
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_unix/tests.rs b/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_unix/tests.rs
index 5819d2c2a5a26..02c469fbcdfd8 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_unix/tests.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_unix/tests.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ fn exitstatus_display_tests() {
 
     t(0x0000f, "signal: 15");
     t(0x0008b, "signal: 11 (core dumped)");
-    t(0x00000, "exit code: 0");
-    t(0x0ff00, "exit code: 255");
+    t(0x00000, "exit status: 0");
+    t(0x0ff00, "exit status: 255");
 
     // On MacOS, 0x0137f is WIFCONTINUED, not WIFSTOPPED.  Probably *BSD is similar.
     //   https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/82749#issuecomment-790525956