diff --git a/src/service.c b/src/service.c
index 0d8c8cf1..9e386a45 100644
--- a/src/service.c
+++ b/src/service.c
@@ -2522,8 +2522,13 @@ static void service_retry(svc_t *svc)
 	timeout = ((*restart_cnt) <= (svc->restart_max / 2)) ? 2000 : 5000;
 	/* If a longer timeout was specified in the conf, use that instead. */
 	svc->restart_tmo = max(svc->restart_tmo, timeout);
-	logit(LOG_CONSOLE|LOG_WARNING, "Service %s[%d] died, restarting (retry in %d msec) (attempt: %d/%d)",
-	      svc_ident(svc, NULL, 0), svc->oldpid, svc->restart_tmo, *restart_cnt, svc->restart_max);
+	logit(LOG_CONSOLE|LOG_WARNING, "Service %s[%d] died (%s%d), restarting (retry in %d msec) (attempt: %d/%d)",
+	      svc_ident(svc, NULL, 0), svc->oldpid,
+	      WIFEXITED(svc->status) ? "with exit status: " : "by signal: ",
+	      WIFEXITED(svc->status) ? WEXITSTATUS(svc->status) : WTERMSIG(svc->status),
+	      svc->restart_tmo,
+	      *restart_cnt,
+	      svc->restart_max);
 
 	svc_unblock(svc);
 	service_step(svc);