diff --git a/container.go b/container.go
index d128ce98dd9c7416e571e7d5d761b9e0eef43299..7414e4c45b858a60a6b55b52c5a29603375c56bf 100644
--- a/container.go
+++ b/container.go
@@ -161,14 +161,14 @@ func (container *Container) startPty() error {
 
 	// Copy the PTYs to our broadcasters
 	go func() {
-		defer container.stdout.Close()
+		defer container.stdout.CloseWriters()
 		Debugf("[startPty] Begin of stdout pipe")
 		io.Copy(container.stdout, stdoutMaster)
 		Debugf("[startPty] End of stdout pipe")
 	}()
 
 	go func() {
-		defer container.stderr.Close()
+		defer container.stderr.CloseWriters()
 		Debugf("[startPty] Begin of stderr pipe")
 		io.Copy(container.stderr, stderrMaster)
 		Debugf("[startPty] End of stderr pipe")
@@ -374,10 +374,10 @@ func (container *Container) monitor() {
 	if err := container.releaseNetwork(); err != nil {
 		log.Printf("%v: Failed to release network: %v", container.Id, err)
 	}
-	if err := container.stdout.Close(); err != nil {
+	if err := container.stdout.CloseWriters(); err != nil {
 		Debugf("%s: Error close stdout: %s", container.Id, err)
 	}
-	if err := container.stderr.Close(); err != nil {
+	if err := container.stderr.CloseWriters(); err != nil {
 		Debugf("%s: Error close stderr: %s", container.Id, err)
 	}
 	if err := container.Unmount(); err != nil {
diff --git a/utils.go b/utils.go
index f3a0134612ed581185094f2e55103067a9d18d42..0f11f77b47fdb0660e6c086b3f2890c81a73c791 100644
--- a/utils.go
+++ b/utils.go
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ func (w *writeBroadcaster) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	return len(p), nil
 }
 
-func (w *writeBroadcaster) Close() error {
+func (w *writeBroadcaster) CloseWriters() error {
 	w.mu.Lock()
 	defer w.mu.Unlock()
 	for writer := range w.writers {
diff --git a/utils_test.go b/utils_test.go
index c32b7bc7f9adf46b3f12c88f4df32f6d2f5ac0e0..c70aedec799e7749333105730171d3639556fbd0 100644
--- a/utils_test.go
+++ b/utils_test.go
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ func TestWriteBroadcaster(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Buffer contains %v", bufferC.String())
 	}
 
-	writer.Close()
+	writer.CloseWriters()
 }
 
 type devNullCloser int