diff --git a/scripts/daemon/exec/exec_daemon.php b/scripts/daemon/exec/exec_daemon.php
--- a/scripts/daemon/exec/exec_daemon.php
+++ b/scripts/daemon/exec/exec_daemon.php
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env php
 <?php
 
+declare(ticks = 1);
+
 require_once dirname(__FILE__).'/../../__init_script__.php';
 
 if (!posix_isatty(STDOUT)) {
diff --git a/src/daemon/PhutilDaemon.php b/src/daemon/PhutilDaemon.php
--- a/src/daemon/PhutilDaemon.php
+++ b/src/daemon/PhutilDaemon.php
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@
   private static $sighandlerInstalled;
 
   final public function __construct(array $argv) {
-    declare(ticks = 1);
     $this->argv = $argv;
 
     if (!self::$sighandlerInstalled) {
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@
       pcntl_signal(SIGTERM, __CLASS__.'::exitOnSignal');
     }
 
-    pcntl_signal(SIGINT,  array($this, 'onGracefulSignal'));
+    pcntl_signal(SIGINT, array($this, 'onGracefulSignal'));
     pcntl_signal(SIGUSR2, array($this, 'onNotifySignal'));
 
     // Without discard mode, this consumes unbounded amounts of memory. Keep
@@ -102,7 +101,7 @@
       $daemon = get_class($this);
       fprintf(
         STDERR,
-        "<%s> %s %s\n",
+        "%s %s %s\n",
         '<RAMS>',
         $daemon,
         pht(
@@ -168,7 +167,9 @@
   }
 
   public static function exitOnSignal($signo) {
-    // Normally, PHP doesn't invoke destructors when existing in response to
+    self::didCatchSignal($signo);
+
+    // Normally, PHP doesn't invoke destructors when exiting in response to
     // a signal. This forces it to do so, so we have a fighting chance of
     // releasing any locks, leases or resources on our way out.
     exit(128 + $signo);
@@ -207,10 +208,12 @@
   }
 
   final public function onGracefulSignal($signo) {
+    self::didCatchSignal($signo);
     $this->inGracefulShutdown = true;
   }
 
   final public function onNotifySignal($signo) {
+    self::didCatchSignal($signo);
     $this->notifyReceived = true;
     $this->onNotify($signo);
   }
@@ -230,10 +233,20 @@
   final protected function log($message) {
     if ($this->verbose) {
       $daemon = get_class($this);
-      fprintf(STDERR, "<%s> %s %s\n", '<VERB>', $daemon, $message);
+      fprintf(STDERR, "%s %s %s\n", '<VERB>', $daemon, $message);
     }
   }
 
+  private static function didCatchSignal($signo) {
+    $signame = phutil_get_signal_name($signo);
+    fprintf(
+      STDERR,
+      "%s Caught signal %s (%s).\n",
+      '<SGNL>',
+      $signo,
+      $signame);
+  }
+
 
 /* -(  Communicating With the Overseer  )------------------------------------ */
 
@@ -250,6 +263,7 @@
     if (!strlen($data)) {
       return '';
     }
+
     return $this->encodeOverseerMessage(self::MESSAGETYPE_STDOUT, $data);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/daemon/PhutilDaemonHandle.php b/src/daemon/PhutilDaemonHandle.php
--- a/src/daemon/PhutilDaemonHandle.php
+++ b/src/daemon/PhutilDaemonHandle.php
@@ -107,13 +107,16 @@
 
     $stderr = trim($stderr);
     if (strlen($stderr)) {
-      $this->logMessage('STDE', $stderr);
+      foreach (phutil_split_lines($stderr, false) as $line) {
+        $this->logMessage('STDE', $line);
+      }
     }
 
     if ($result !== null) {
       list($err) = $result;
+
       if ($err) {
-        $this->logMessage('FAIL', pht('Process exited with error %s', $err));
+        $this->logMessage('FAIL', pht('Process exited with error %s.', $err));
       } else {
         $this->logMessage('DONE', pht('Process exited normally.'));
       }
diff --git a/src/future/exec/ExecFuture.php b/src/future/exec/ExecFuture.php
--- a/src/future/exec/ExecFuture.php
+++ b/src/future/exec/ExecFuture.php
@@ -767,8 +767,18 @@
         fclose($stderr);
       }
 
+      // If the subprocess got nuked with `kill -9`, we get a -1 exitcode.
+      // Upgrade this to a slightly more informative value by examining the
+      // terminating signal code.
+      $err = $status['exitcode'];
+      if ($err == -1) {
+        if ($status['signaled']) {
+          $err = 128 + $status['termsig'];
+        }
+      }
+
       $this->result = array(
-        $status['exitcode'],
+        $err,
         $this->stdout,
         $this->stderr,
       );
@@ -854,6 +864,7 @@
       }
     }
     $this->procStatus = proc_get_status($this->proc);
+
     return $this->procStatus;
   }