Use a %s format for the exit status -- through the magical workings of

gvanrossum · gvanrossum · commit 6592b3c01e03 · 1997-11-11T17:18:48.000Z
the aptly named MagicDict class, the value is a string, not a number,
by the time it is printed...
diff --git a/Tools/faqwiz/faqconf.py b/Tools/faqwiz/faqconf.py
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@
 """
 
 COMMITFAILED = """
-Exit status %(sts)04x.
+Exit status %(sts)s.
 """
 
 # Add/Delete
