@@ -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 {

@@ -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 {

@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ func TestWriteBroadcaster(t *testing.T) {

 		t.Errorf("Buffer contains %v", bufferC.String())

 	}

-	writer.Close()

+	writer.CloseWriters()

 }

 type devNullCloser int