diff --git a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/dataFlow/ControlFlowAnalyzer.java b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/dataFlow/ControlFlowAnalyzer.java
index 8d70438b8d4e..3492a2b13b04 100644
--- a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/dataFlow/ControlFlowAnalyzer.java
+++ b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/dataFlow/ControlFlowAnalyzer.java
@@ -1452,9 +1452,6 @@ class ControlFlowAnalyzer extends JavaElementVisitor {
       case THROW_EXCEPTION:
         returnCheckingFinally();
         break;
-      case SYSTEM_EXIT:
-        addInstruction(new ReturnInstruction(true));
-        break;
     }
 
     // if contract is false
@@ -1493,7 +1490,7 @@ class ControlFlowAnalyzer extends JavaElementVisitor {
         final String className = owner.getQualifiedName();
         if ("java.lang.System".equals(className)) {
           if ("exit".equals(methodName)) {
-            return Collections.singletonList(new MethodContract(getAnyArgConstraints(params), ValueConstraint.SYSTEM_EXIT));
+            return Collections.singletonList(new MethodContract(getAnyArgConstraints(params), ValueConstraint.THROW_EXCEPTION));
           }
         }
         else if ("junit.framework.Assert".equals(className) || "org.junit.Assert".equals(className) ||
@@ -1579,10 +1576,9 @@ class ControlFlowAnalyzer extends JavaElementVisitor {
     if ("!null".equals(name)) return ValueConstraint.NOT_NULL_VALUE;
     if ("true".equals(name)) return ValueConstraint.TRUE_VALUE;
     if ("false".equals(name)) return ValueConstraint.FALSE_VALUE;
-    if ("exit".equals(name)) return ValueConstraint.SYSTEM_EXIT;
     if ("fail".equals(name)) return ValueConstraint.THROW_EXCEPTION;
     if ("_".equals(name)) return ValueConstraint.ANY_VALUE;
-    throw new ParseException("Constraint should be one of: null, !null, true, false, exit, fail, _. Found: " + name);
+    throw new ParseException("Constraint should be one of: null, !null, true, false, fail, _. Found: " + name);
   }
   
   public static class ParseException extends Exception {
@@ -1890,7 +1886,7 @@ class MethodContract {
   }
 
   public enum ValueConstraint {
-    ANY_VALUE, NULL_VALUE, NOT_NULL_VALUE, TRUE_VALUE, FALSE_VALUE, THROW_EXCEPTION, SYSTEM_EXIT
+    ANY_VALUE, NULL_VALUE, NOT_NULL_VALUE, TRUE_VALUE, FALSE_VALUE, THROW_EXCEPTION
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/platform/annotations/src/org/jetbrains/annotations/Contract.java b/platform/annotations/src/org/jetbrains/annotations/Contract.java
index 4e41f581eba9..6fa2e4b779e9 100644
--- a/platform/annotations/src/org/jetbrains/annotations/Contract.java
+++ b/platform/annotations/src/org/jetbrains/annotations/Contract.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import java.lang.annotation.*;
  *  args ::= ((arg ',')* arg )?<br/>
  *  arg ::= value-constraint<br/>
  *  value-constraint ::= 'any' | 'null' | '!null' | 'false' | 'true'<br/>
- *  effect ::= value-constraint | 'fail' | 'exit'<p/>
+ *  effect ::= value-constraint | 'fail' <p/>
  *  
  * The constraints denote the following:<br/>
  * <ul>
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ import java.lang.annotation.*;
  * <li> !null - a value statically proved to be not-null
  * <li> true - true boolean value
  * <li> false - false boolean value
- * <li> fail - the method throws exception, if the arguments satisfy argument constraints
- * <li> exit - the method terminates the current process, if the arguments satisfy argument constraints
+ * <li> fail - the method throws an exception, if the arguments satisfy argument constraints
  * </ul>
  * Examples:<p/>
  * <code>@Contract("_, null -> null")</code> - method returns null if its second argument is null<br/>