diff --git a/UPGRADE.txt b/UPGRADE.txt
index 8a5cbb94bc614b117fb2b69a863ccf215b0a9493..65c7f3a757effb85611f0dbc32683e1cc4eb6dfb 100644
--- a/UPGRADE.txt
+++ b/UPGRADE.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@
 
 From 12 to 13:
 
+ - Changed a log message in safe_asterisk and the $NOTIFY mail subject. If
+   you use tools to parse either of them, update your parse functions
+   accordingly. The changed strings are:
+   - "Exited on signal $EXITSIGNAL" => "Asterisk exited on signal $EXITSIGNAL."
+   - "Asterisk Died" => "Asterisk on $MACHINE died (sig $EXITSIGNAL)"
+
  - The asterisk command line -I option and the asterisk.conf internal_timing
    option are removed and always enabled if any timing module is loaded.
 
diff --git a/contrib/scripts/safe_asterisk b/contrib/scripts/safe_asterisk
index daf261608c23e21ecac1646708f3e09f314c4995..8901d8a83557f99e536bba9c26074adf09099e28 100644
--- a/contrib/scripts/safe_asterisk
+++ b/contrib/scripts/safe_asterisk
@@ -173,11 +173,10 @@ run_asterisk()
 			exit 0
 		elif test $EXITSTATUS -gt 128; then
 			EXITSIGNAL=$((EXITSTATUS - 128))
-			echo "Asterisk exited on signal $EXITSIGNAL."
+			message "Asterisk exited on signal $EXITSIGNAL."
 			if test -n "$NOTIFY"; then
 				echo "Asterisk on $MACHINE exited on signal $EXITSIGNAL.  Might want to take a peek." | \
-				mail -s "Asterisk Died" $NOTIFY
-				message "Exited on signal $EXITSIGNAL"
+				mail -s "Asterisk on $MACHINE died (sig $EXITSIGNAL)" $NOTIFY
 			fi
 			if test -n "$EXEC"; then
 				$EXEC