diff --git a/scripts/drydock/drydock_control.php b/scripts/drydock/drydock_control.php
--- a/scripts/drydock/drydock_control.php
+++ b/scripts/drydock/drydock_control.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <?php
 
 $root = dirname(dirname(dirname(__FILE__)));
-require_once $root.'/scripts/__init_script__.php';
+require_once $root.'/scripts/init/init-script-with-signals.php';
 
 $args = new PhutilArgumentParser($argv);
 $args->setTagline(pht('manage drydock software resources'));
diff --git a/scripts/init/init-script-with-signals.php b/scripts/init/init-script-with-signals.php
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/init/init-script-with-signals.php
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?php
+
+// Initialize a script that will handle signals.
+
+if (function_exists('pcntl_async_signals')) {
+  pcntl_async_signals(true);
+} else {
+  declare(ticks = 1);
+}
+
+require_once dirname(__FILE__).'/init-script.php';
diff --git a/src/applications/drydock/blueprint/DrydockWorkingCopyBlueprintImplementation.php b/src/applications/drydock/blueprint/DrydockWorkingCopyBlueprintImplementation.php
--- a/src/applications/drydock/blueprint/DrydockWorkingCopyBlueprintImplementation.php
+++ b/src/applications/drydock/blueprint/DrydockWorkingCopyBlueprintImplementation.php
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
     }
 
     // Destroy the lease on the host.
-    $lease->releaseOnDestruction();
+    $lease->setReleaseOnDestruction(true);
 
     if ($lease->isActive()) {
       // Destroy the working copy on disk.
diff --git a/src/applications/drydock/management/DrydockManagementLeaseWorkflow.php b/src/applications/drydock/management/DrydockManagementLeaseWorkflow.php
--- a/src/applications/drydock/management/DrydockManagementLeaseWorkflow.php
+++ b/src/applications/drydock/management/DrydockManagementLeaseWorkflow.php
@@ -84,21 +84,51 @@
       $lease->setUntil($until);
     }
 
+    // If something fatals or the user interrupts the process (for example,
+    // with "^C"), release the lease. We'll cancel this below, if the lease
+    // actually activates.
+    $lease->setReleaseOnDestruction(true);
+
+    // TODO: This would probably be better handled with PhutilSignalRouter,
+    // but it currently doesn't route SIGINT. We're initializing it to setup
+    // SIGTERM handling and make eventual migration easier.
+    $router = PhutilSignalRouter::getRouter();
+    pcntl_signal(SIGINT, array($this, 'didReceiveInterrupt'));
+
+    $t_start = microtime(true);
     $lease->queueForActivation();
 
     echo tsprintf(
-      "%s\n",
+      "%s\n\n        __%s__\n\n%s\n",
+      pht('Queued lease for activation:'),
+      PhabricatorEnv::getProductionURI($lease->getURI()),
       pht('Waiting for daemons to activate lease...'));
 
     $this->waitUntilActive($lease);
 
+    // Now that we've survived activation and the lease is good, make it
+    // durable.
+    $lease->setReleaseOnDestruction(false);
+    $t_end = microtime(true);
+
     echo tsprintf(
-      "%s\n",
-      pht('Activated lease "%s".', $lease->getID()));
+      "%s\n\n        %s\n\n%s\n",
+      pht(
+        'Activation complete. This lease is permanent until manually '.
+        'released with:'),
+      pht('$ ./bin/drydock release-lease --id %d', $lease->getID()),
+      pht(
+        'Lease activated in %sms.',
+        new PhutilNumber((int)(($t_end - $t_start) * 1000))));
 
     return 0;
   }
 
+  public function didReceiveInterrupt($signo) {
+    // Doing this makes us run destructors, particularly the "release on
+    // destruction" trigger on the lease.
+    exit(128 + $signo);
+  }
 
   private function waitUntilActive(DrydockLease $lease) {
     $viewer = $this->getViewer();
diff --git a/src/applications/drydock/storage/DrydockLease.php b/src/applications/drydock/storage/DrydockLease.php
--- a/src/applications/drydock/storage/DrydockLease.php
+++ b/src/applications/drydock/storage/DrydockLease.php
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
    * a lease, as you don't need to explicitly handle exceptions to properly
    * release the lease.
    */
-  public function releaseOnDestruction() {
-    $this->releaseOnDestruction = true;
+  public function setReleaseOnDestruction($release) {
+    $this->releaseOnDestruction = $release;
     return $this;
   }
 
@@ -436,6 +436,11 @@
     return $this;
   }
 
+  public function getURI() {
+    $id = $this->getID();
+    return "/drydock/lease/{$id}/";
+  }
+
 
 /* -(  PhabricatorPolicyInterface  )----------------------------------------- */
 
diff --git a/src/applications/drydock/worker/DrydockRepositoryOperationUpdateWorker.php b/src/applications/drydock/worker/DrydockRepositoryOperationUpdateWorker.php
--- a/src/applications/drydock/worker/DrydockRepositoryOperationUpdateWorker.php
+++ b/src/applications/drydock/worker/DrydockRepositoryOperationUpdateWorker.php
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
         DrydockCommandInterface::INTERFACE_TYPE);
 
       // No matter what happens here, destroy the lease away once we're done.
-      $lease->releaseOnDestruction(true);
+      $lease->setReleaseOnDestruction(true);
 
       $operation->applyOperation($interface);