diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 5c1b21881b..8c926fdc42 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ RedisClient.prototype.connection_gone = function () {
         console.warn("Redis connection is gone.");
     }
     self.connected = false;
-    self.emit("close");
+    self.emit("end");
     self.command_queue.forEach(function (args) {
         if (typeof args[2] === "function") {
             args[2]("Server connection closed");
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ RedisClient.prototype.connection_gone = function () {
     self.emit("reconnecting", "delay " + self.retry_delay + ", attempt " + self.attempts);
     self.retry_timer = setTimeout(function () {
         if (exports.debug_mode) {
-            console.log("Retrying conneciton...");
+            console.log("Retrying connection...");
         }
         self.retry_delay = self.retry_delay * self.retry_backoff;
         self.stream.destroy();
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index 0f0a372e5c..d8402844b9 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -374,11 +374,18 @@ function run_next_test() {
     }
 }
 
+var connected = false;
+var ended = false;
 client.on("connect", function () {
+    connected = true;
     console.log();
     run_next_test();
 });
 
+client.on('end', function() {
+  ended = true;
+});
+
 client.on("error", function (err) {
     console.log("Redis clent connection failed.");
 });
@@ -390,3 +397,8 @@ client.on("reconnecting", function (msg) {
 process.on('uncaughtException', function (err) {
     console.log("Uncaught exception: " + err.stack);
 });
+
+process.on('exit', function(code) {
+    assert.equal(true, connected);
+    assert.equal(true, ended);
+});
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diff --git a/test_start_stop.js b/test_start_stop.js
index a7a892d5dc..2c084153b0 100644
--- a/test_start_stop.js
+++ b/test_start_stop.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-var redis = require("redis"),
+var redis  = require("./index"),
     client = redis.createClient();
 
 redis.debug_mode = true;