diff --git a/userspace/libraries/LibC/signal.cpp b/userspace/libraries/LibC/signal.cpp
index 489a1606..c11c73f8 100644
--- a/userspace/libraries/LibC/signal.cpp
+++ b/userspace/libraries/LibC/signal.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include <BAN/Assert.h>
 #include <signal.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <sys/syscall.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
@@ -10,6 +11,14 @@ int kill(pid_t pid, int sig)
 	return syscall(SYS_KILL, pid, sig);
 }
 
+void psignal(int signum, const char* message)
+{
+	if (message && *message)
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s\n", message, strsignal(signum));
+	else
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", strsignal(signum));
+}
+
 int raise(int sig)
 {
 	// FIXME: won't work after multithreaded
diff --git a/userspace/libraries/LibC/string.cpp b/userspace/libraries/LibC/string.cpp
index 32a01d3a..3aa100e2 100644
--- a/userspace/libraries/LibC/string.cpp
+++ b/userspace/libraries/LibC/string.cpp
@@ -317,34 +317,34 @@ char* strsignal(int signum)
 	static char buffer[128];
 	switch (signum)
 	{
-		case SIGABRT:	strcpy(buffer, "SIGABRT"); break;
-		case SIGALRM:	strcpy(buffer, "SIGALRM"); break;
-		case SIGBUS:	strcpy(buffer, "SIGBUS"); break;
-		case SIGCHLD:	strcpy(buffer, "SIGCHLD"); break;
-		case SIGCONT:	strcpy(buffer, "SIGCONT"); break;
-		case SIGFPE:	strcpy(buffer, "SIGFPE"); break;
-		case SIGHUP:	strcpy(buffer, "SIGHUP"); break;
-		case SIGILL:	strcpy(buffer, "SIGILL"); break;
-		case SIGINT:	strcpy(buffer, "SIGINT"); break;
-		case SIGKILL:	strcpy(buffer, "SIGKILL"); break;
-		case SIGPIPE:	strcpy(buffer, "SIGPIPE"); break;
-		case SIGQUIT:	strcpy(buffer, "SIGQUIT"); break;
-		case SIGSEGV:	strcpy(buffer, "SIGSEGV"); break;
-		case SIGSTOP:	strcpy(buffer, "SIGSTOP"); break;
-		case SIGTERM:	strcpy(buffer, "SIGTERM"); break;
-		case SIGTSTP:	strcpy(buffer, "SIGTSTP"); break;
-		case SIGTTIN:	strcpy(buffer, "SIGTTIN"); break;
-		case SIGTTOU:	strcpy(buffer, "SIGTTOU"); break;
-		case SIGUSR1:	strcpy(buffer, "SIGUSR1"); break;
-		case SIGUSR2:	strcpy(buffer, "SIGUSR2"); break;
-		case SIGPOLL:	strcpy(buffer, "SIGPOLL"); break;
-		case SIGPROF:	strcpy(buffer, "SIGPROF"); break;
-		case SIGSYS:	strcpy(buffer, "SIGSYS"); break;
-		case SIGTRAP:	strcpy(buffer, "SIGTRAP"); break;
-		case SIGURG:	strcpy(buffer, "SIGURG"); break;
-		case SIGVTALRM:	strcpy(buffer, "SIGVTALRM"); break;
-		case SIGXCPU:	strcpy(buffer, "SIGXCPU"); break;
-		case SIGXFSZ:	strcpy(buffer, "SIGXFSZ"); break;
+		case SIGABRT:	strcpy(buffer, "Process abort signal."); break;
+		case SIGALRM:	strcpy(buffer, "Alarm clock."); break;
+		case SIGBUS:	strcpy(buffer, "Access to an undefined portion of a memory object."); break;
+		case SIGCHLD:	strcpy(buffer, "Child process terminated, stopped, or continued."); break;
+		case SIGCONT:	strcpy(buffer, "Continue executing, if stopped."); break;
+		case SIGFPE:	strcpy(buffer, "Erroneous arithmetic operation."); break;
+		case SIGHUP:	strcpy(buffer, "Hangup."); break;
+		case SIGILL:	strcpy(buffer, "Illegal instruction."); break;
+		case SIGINT:	strcpy(buffer, "Terminal interrupt signal."); break;
+		case SIGKILL:	strcpy(buffer, "Kill (cannot be caught or ignored)."); break;
+		case SIGPIPE:	strcpy(buffer, "Write on a pipe with no one to read it."); break;
+		case SIGQUIT:	strcpy(buffer, "Terminal quit signal."); break;
+		case SIGSEGV:	strcpy(buffer, "Invalid memory reference."); break;
+		case SIGSTOP:	strcpy(buffer, "Stop executing (cannot be caught or ignored)."); break;
+		case SIGTERM:	strcpy(buffer, "Termination signal."); break;
+		case SIGTSTP:	strcpy(buffer, "Terminal stop signal."); break;
+		case SIGTTIN:	strcpy(buffer, "Background process attempting read."); break;
+		case SIGTTOU:	strcpy(buffer, "Background process attempting write."); break;
+		case SIGUSR1:	strcpy(buffer, "User-defined signal 1."); break;
+		case SIGUSR2:	strcpy(buffer, "User-defined signal 2."); break;
+		case SIGPOLL:	strcpy(buffer, "Pollable event."); break;
+		case SIGPROF:	strcpy(buffer, "Profiling timer expired."); break;
+		case SIGSYS:	strcpy(buffer, "Bad system call."); break;
+		case SIGTRAP:	strcpy(buffer, "Trace/breakpoint trap."); break;
+		case SIGURG:	strcpy(buffer, "High bandwidth data is available at a socket."); break;
+		case SIGVTALRM:	strcpy(buffer, "Virtual timer expired."); break;
+		case SIGXCPU:	strcpy(buffer, "CPU time limit exceeded."); break;
+		case SIGXFSZ:	strcpy(buffer, "File size limit exceeded."); break;
 	}
 	return buffer;
 }