diff --git a/lib/browser/api/web-contents.js b/lib/browser/api/web-contents.js
index 7118276db4141..bc7e0c8a35a7e 100644
--- a/lib/browser/api/web-contents.js
+++ b/lib/browser/api/web-contents.js
@@ -468,8 +468,7 @@ const addReturnValueToEvent = (event) => {
 };
 
 const loggingEnabled = () => {
-  return Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(process.env, 'ELECTRON_ENABLE_LOGGING') ||
-    process.argv.some(arg => arg.toLowerCase().startsWith('--enable-logging'));
+  return process.env.ELECTRON_ENABLE_LOGGING || app.commandLine.hasSwitch('enable-logging');
 };
 
 // Add JavaScript wrappers for WebContents class.
@@ -538,17 +537,17 @@ WebContents.prototype._init = function () {
 
   this.on('crashed', (event, ...args) => {
     app.emit('renderer-process-crashed', event, this, ...args);
+  });
+
+  this.on('render-process-gone', (event, details) => {
+    app.emit('render-process-gone', event, this, details);
 
     // Log out a hint to help users better debug renderer crashes.
     if (loggingEnabled()) {
-      console.info('Renderer process crashed - see https://www.electronjs.org/docs/tutorial/application-debugging for potential debugging information.');
+      console.info(`Renderer process ${details.reason} - see https://www.electronjs.org/docs/tutorial/application-debugging for potential debugging information.`);
     }
   });
 
-  this.on('render-process-gone', (event, ...args) => {
-    app.emit('render-process-gone', event, this, ...args);
-  });
-
   // The devtools requests the webContents to reload.
   this.on('devtools-reload-page', function () {
     this.reload();