diff --git a/examples/interactive/cli-platform/Program.roc b/examples/interactive/cli-platform/Program.roc
index 82a16d008b..fd837b226c 100644
--- a/examples/interactive/cli-platform/Program.roc
+++ b/examples/interactive/cli-platform/Program.roc
@@ -1,10 +1,34 @@
 interface Program
-    exposes [Program, noArgs, withArgs, quick, withEnv]
+    exposes [Program, ExitCode, noArgs, withArgs, quick, withEnv, exitCode, exit]
     imports [Task.{ Task }, InternalProgram.{ InternalProgram }, InternalTask, Effect]
 
 ## A [command-line interface](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command-line_interface) program.
 Program : InternalProgram
 
+## An [exit status](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exit_status) code.
+ExitCode := U8
+
+## Converts a [U8] to an [ExitCode].
+##
+## If you already have a [Task] and want to convert its success type
+## from `{}` to [ExitCode], you may find [Program.exit] convenient.
+exitCode : U8 -> ExitCode
+exitCode = @ExitCode
+
+## Attach an [ExitCode] to a task.
+##
+##     Stderr.line "I hit an error and couldn't continue."
+##     |> Program.exit 1
+##
+## Note that this does not terminate the current process! By design, this platform does not have
+## a [Task] which terminates the current process. Instead, error handling should be consistently
+## done through task failures.
+##
+## To convert a [U8] directly into an [ExitCode], use [Program.exitCode].
+exit : Task {} [] fx, U8 -> Task ExitCode [] fx
+exit = \task, code ->
+    Task.map task \{} -> @ExitCode code
+
 ## A program which runs the given task and discards the values it produces on success or failure.
 ## One use for this is as an introductory [Program] when teaching someone how to use this platform.
 ##
@@ -31,13 +55,13 @@ quick = \task ->
 ## the task's potential failures using something like [Task.attempt].
 ##
 ## For a similar program which does use command-line arguments, see [Program.withArgs].
-noArgs : Task U8 [] * -> Program
+noArgs : Task ExitCode [] * -> Program
 noArgs = \task ->
     effect =
         InternalTask.toEffect task
         |> Effect.map \result ->
             when result is
-                Ok exitStatus -> exitStatus
+                Ok (@ExitCode u8) -> u8
                 Err _ -> 0 # TODO this is unreachable! Remove it after https://github.com/roc-lang/roc/issues/4054 lands
 
     InternalProgram.fromEffect effect
@@ -51,14 +75,14 @@ noArgs = \task ->
 ## If any command-line arguments contain invalid Unicode, the invalid parts will be replaced with
 ## the [Unicode replacement character](https://unicode.org/glossary/#replacement_character)
 ## (`�`).
-withArgs : (List Str -> Task U8 [] *) -> Program
+withArgs : (List Str -> Task ExitCode [] *) -> Program
 withArgs = \toTask ->
     effect = Effect.after Effect.args \args ->
         toTask args
         |> InternalTask.toEffect
         |> Effect.map \result ->
             when result is
-                Ok exitStatus -> exitStatus
+                Ok (@ExitCode u8) -> u8
                 Err _ -> 0 # TODO this is unreachable! Remove it after https://github.com/roc-lang/roc/issues/4054 lands
 
     InternalProgram.fromEffect effect
@@ -66,14 +90,14 @@ withArgs = \toTask ->
 ## A program which uses [command-line arguments](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command-line_interface#Arguments)
 ## and a dictionary of [environment variables](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environment_variable).
 ##
-## This is a combination of [Program.withArgs] and [Env.dict]. Note that the task's failure type
+## This is a combination of [Program.withArgs] and `Env.dict`. Note that the task's failure type
 ## must be `[]`. You can satisfy that by handling all the task's potential failures using
 ## something like [Task.attempt].
 ##
 ## If any command-line arguments contain invalid Unicode, the invalid parts will be replaced with
 ## the [Unicode replacement character](https://unicode.org/glossary/#replacement_character)
 ## (`�`).
-withEnv : (List Str, Dict Str Str -> Task U8 [] *) -> Program
+withEnv : (List Str, Dict Str Str -> Task ExitCode [] *) -> Program
 withEnv = \toTask ->
     effect =
         args <- Effect.args |> Effect.after
@@ -83,7 +107,7 @@ withEnv = \toTask ->
         |> InternalTask.toEffect
         |> Effect.map \result ->
             when result is
-                Ok exitStatus -> exitStatus
+                Ok (@ExitCode code) -> code
                 Err _ -> 0 # TODO this is unreachable! Remove it after https://github.com/roc-lang/roc/issues/4054 lands
 
     InternalProgram.fromEffect effect
diff --git a/examples/interactive/file.roc b/examples/interactive/file.roc
index 799fd65104..79dfde87f7 100644
--- a/examples/interactive/file.roc
+++ b/examples/interactive/file.roc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 app "file-io"
     packages { pf: "cli-platform/main.roc" }
     imports [
-        pf.Program.{ Program },
+        pf.Program.{ Program, ExitCode },
         pf.Stdout,
         pf.Stderr,
         pf.Task.{ Task },
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ app "file-io"
 main : Program
 main = Program.noArgs mainTask
 
-mainTask : Task U8 [] [Write [File, Stdout, Stderr], Read [File], Env]
+mainTask : Task ExitCode [] [Write [File, Stdout, Stderr], Read [File], Env]
 mainTask =
     path = Path.fromStr "out.txt"
     task =
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ mainTask =
         when result is
             Ok {} ->
                 Stdout.line "Successfully wrote a string to out.txt"
-                |> Task.map \{} -> 0 # exit status
+                |> Program.exit 0
 
             Err err ->
                 msg =
@@ -48,4 +48,4 @@ mainTask =
                         _ -> "Uh oh, there was an error!"
 
                 Stderr.line msg
-                |> Task.map \{} -> 1 # exit status
\ No newline at end of file
+                |> Program.exit 1
\ No newline at end of file