diff --git a/src/wc/wc.rs b/src/wc/wc.rs
index a949a4d96..4877c9930 100644
--- a/src/wc/wc.rs
+++ b/src/wc/wc.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ extern crate libc;
 use std::str::from_utf8;
 use std::io::{print, File, BufferedReader};
 use std::io::stdio::stdin_raw;
-use StdResult = std::result::Result;
+use std::result::Result as StdResult;
 use getopts::Matches;
 
 #[path = "../common/util.rs"]