diff --git a/mux/src/localpane.rs b/mux/src/localpane.rs
index f6a381c0b..f9afb094d 100644
--- a/mux/src/localpane.rs
+++ b/mux/src/localpane.rs
@@ -164,8 +164,9 @@ impl Pane for LocalPane {
                         (ExitBehavior::Close, _, _) => *proc = ProcessState::Dead,
                         (ExitBehavior::CloseOnCleanExit, false, false) => {
                             notify = Some(format!(
-                                "\r\n⚠️  Process {} didn't exit cleanly.\r\n{}=\"CloseOnCleanExit\"\r\n",
+                                "\r\n⚠️  Process {} didn't exit cleanly\r\n{}.\r\n{}=\"CloseOnCleanExit\"\r\n",
                                 self.command_description,
+                                status,
                                 EXIT_BEHAVIOR
                             ));
                             *proc = ProcessState::DeadPendingClose { killed: false }
@@ -179,8 +180,10 @@ impl Pane for LocalPane {
                                 ));
                             } else {
                                 notify = Some(format!(
-                                    "\r\n⚠️  Process {} didn't exit cleanly.\r\n{}=\"Hold\"\r\n",
-                                    self.command_description, EXIT_BEHAVIOR
+                                    "\r\n⚠️  Process {} didn't exit cleanly\r\n{}.\r\n{}=\"Hold\"\r\n",
+                                    self.command_description,
+                                    status,
+                                    EXIT_BEHAVIOR
                                 ));
                             }
                             *proc = ProcessState::DeadPendingClose { killed: false }
diff --git a/pty/src/lib.rs b/pty/src/lib.rs
index 08dca0572..b46cfe493 100644
--- a/pty/src/lib.rs
+++ b/pty/src/lib.rs
@@ -154,30 +154,76 @@ pub trait SlavePty {
 }
 
 /// Represents the exit status of a child process.
-/// This is rather anemic in the current version of this crate,
-/// holding only an indicator of success or failure.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct ExitStatus {
-    successful: bool,
+    code: u32,
+    signal: Option<String>,
 }
 
 impl ExitStatus {
     /// Construct an ExitStatus from a process return code
     pub fn with_exit_code(code: u32) -> Self {
+        Self { code, signal: None }
+    }
+
+    /// Construct an ExitStatus from a signal name
+    pub fn with_signal(signal: &str) -> Self {
         Self {
-            successful: code == 0,
+            code: 1,
+            signal: Some(signal.to_string()),
         }
     }
 
+    /// Returns true if the status indicates successful completion
     pub fn success(&self) -> bool {
-        self.successful
+        match self.signal {
+            None => self.code == 0,
+            Some(_) => false,
+        }
     }
 }
 
 impl From<std::process::ExitStatus> for ExitStatus {
     fn from(status: std::process::ExitStatus) -> ExitStatus {
-        ExitStatus {
-            successful: status.success(),
+        #[cfg(unix)]
+        {
+            use std::os::unix::process::ExitStatusExt;
+
+            if let Some(signal) = status.signal() {
+                let signame = unsafe { libc::strsignal(signal) };
+                let signal = if signame.is_null() {
+                    format!("Signal {}", signal)
+                } else {
+                    let signame = unsafe { std::ffi::CStr::from_ptr(signame) };
+                    signame.to_string_lossy().to_string()
+                };
+
+                return ExitStatus {
+                    code: status.code().map(|c| c as u32).unwrap_or(1),
+                    signal: Some(signal),
+                };
+            }
+        }
+
+        let code =
+            status
+                .code()
+                .map(|c| c as u32)
+                .unwrap_or_else(|| if status.success() { 0 } else { 1 });
+
+        ExitStatus { code, signal: None }
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::fmt::Display for ExitStatus {
+    fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut std::fmt::Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        if self.success() {
+            write!(fmt, "Success")
+        } else {
+            match &self.signal {
+                Some(sig) => write!(fmt, "Terminated by {}", sig),
+                None => write!(fmt, "Exited with code {}", self.code),
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/wezterm-ssh/src/channelwrap.rs b/wezterm-ssh/src/channelwrap.rs
index 921b11d46..b3178c663 100644
--- a/wezterm-ssh/src/channelwrap.rs
+++ b/wezterm-ssh/src/channelwrap.rs
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@ impl ChannelWrap {
             #[cfg(feature = "ssh2")]
             Self::Ssh2(chan) => {
                 if chan.eof() && chan.wait_close().is_ok() {
-                    if let Some(_sig) = has_signal(chan) {
-                        Some(ExitStatus::with_exit_code(1))
+                    if let Some(sig) = has_signal(chan) {
+                        Some(ExitStatus::with_signal(
+                            sig.exit_signal.as_deref().unwrap_or("Unknown signal"),
+                        ))
                     } else if let Ok(status) = chan.exit_status() {
                         Some(ExitStatus::with_exit_code(status as _))
                     } else {