diff --git a/usr.bin/vacation/vacation.c b/usr.bin/vacation/vacation.c
index 4c33ea9c2d7d..320dbb3e685c 100644
--- a/usr.bin/vacation/vacation.c
+++ b/usr.bin/vacation/vacation.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: vacation.c,v 1.13 1998/02/07 07:06:24 mikel Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: vacation.c,v 1.14 1998/07/08 00:34:53 cgd Exp $	*/
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 1983, 1987, 1993
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ __COPYRIGHT("@(#) Copyright (c) 1983, 1987, 1993\n\
 #if 0
 static char sccsid[] = "@(#)vacation.c	8.2 (Berkeley) 1/26/94";
 #endif
-__RCSID("$NetBSD: vacation.c,v 1.13 1998/02/07 07:06:24 mikel Exp $");
+__RCSID("$NetBSD: vacation.c,v 1.14 1998/07/08 00:34:53 cgd Exp $");
 #endif /* not lint */
 
 /*
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ sendmessage(myname)
 		dup2(pvect[0], 0);
 		close(pvect[0]);
 		close(pvect[1]);
-		fclose(mfp);
+		close(fileno(mfp));
 		execl(_PATH_SENDMAIL, "sendmail", "-f", myname, "--", from,
 		    NULL);
 		syslog(LOG_ERR, "vacation: can't exec %s: %m",