diff --git a/features/minimum_coverage.feature b/features/minimum_coverage.feature
index f51eccf7..d887235c 100644
--- a/features/minimum_coverage.feature
+++ b/features/minimum_coverage.feature
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Feature:
     When I run `bundle exec rake test`
     Then the exit status should not be 0
     And the output should contain "Coverage (88.10%) is below the expected minimum coverage (90.00%)."
-    And the output should contain "SimpleCov failed with exit 2"
+    And the output should contain "Exiting with status 2."
 
   Scenario:
     Given SimpleCov for Test/Unit is configured with:
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Feature:
     When I run `bundle exec rake test`
     Then the exit status should not be 0
     And the output should contain "Coverage (88.10%) is below the expected minimum coverage (88.11%)."
-    And the output should contain "SimpleCov failed with exit 2"
+    And the output should contain "Exiting with status 2."
 
   Scenario:
     Given SimpleCov for Test/Unit is configured with:
diff --git a/lib/simplecov.rb b/lib/simplecov.rb
index f07923ff..34028343 100644
--- a/lib/simplecov.rb
+++ b/lib/simplecov.rb
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ def run_exit_tasks!
       # Force exit with stored status (see github issue #5)
       # unless it's nil or 0 (see github issue #281)
       if exit_status && exit_status.positive?
-        $stderr.printf("SimpleCov failed with exit %d", exit_status)
+        $stderr.printf("Exiting with status %d.\n", exit_status)
         Kernel.exit exit_status
       end
     end