diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Process.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Process.php
index c4546b41e9..dcef32a02f 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Process.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Process.php
@@ -398,7 +398,10 @@ class Process
         }
         $this->updateStatus();
         if ($this->processInformation['signaled']) {
-            throw new \RuntimeException(sprintf('The process stopped because of a "%s" signal.', $this->processInformation['stopsig']));
+            if ($this->isSigchildEnabled()) {
+                throw new RuntimeException('The process has been signaled.');
+            }
+            throw new RuntimeException(sprintf('The process has been signaled with signal "%s".', $this->processInformation['termsig']));
         }
 
         $time = 0;
@@ -410,7 +413,10 @@ class Process
         $exitcode = proc_close($this->process);
 
         if ($this->processInformation['signaled']) {
-            throw new \RuntimeException(sprintf('The process stopped because of a "%s" signal.', $this->processInformation['stopsig']));
+            if ($this->isSigchildEnabled()) {
+                throw new RuntimeException('The process has been signaled.');
+            }
+            throw new RuntimeException(sprintf('The process has been signaled with signal "%s".', $this->processInformation['termsig']));
         }
 
         $this->exitcode = $this->processInformation['running'] ? $exitcode : $this->processInformation['exitcode'];