diff --git a/platform/linuxbsd/crash_handler_linuxbsd.cpp b/platform/linuxbsd/crash_handler_linuxbsd.cpp
index 3a245460b47e..3f8f55a1a7d0 100644
--- a/platform/linuxbsd/crash_handler_linuxbsd.cpp
+++ b/platform/linuxbsd/crash_handler_linuxbsd.cpp
@@ -70,7 +70,28 @@ static void handle_crash(int sig) {
 
 	// Dump the backtrace to stderr with a message to the user
 	print_error("\n================================================================");
-	print_error(vformat("%s: Program crashed with signal %d", __FUNCTION__, sig));
+	String signal_description;
+	switch (sig) {
+		case SIGTERM:
+			signal_description = "(SIGTERM) - Terminated";
+			break;
+		case SIGSEGV:
+			signal_description = "(SIGSEGV) - Segmentation fault";
+			break;
+		case SIGINT:
+			signal_description = "(SIGINT) - Interrupt";
+			break;
+		case SIGILL:
+			signal_description = "(SIGILL) - Illegal instruction";
+			break;
+		case SIGABRT:
+			signal_description = "(SIGABRT) - Abnormal termination condition";
+			break;
+		case SIGFPE:
+			signal_description = "(SIGFPE) - Floating-point exception";
+			break;
+	}
+	print_error(vformat("%s: Program crashed with signal %d %s", __FUNCTION__, sig, signal_description));
 
 	// Print the engine version just before, so that people are reminded to include the version in backtrace reports.
 	if (String(VERSION_HASH).is_empty()) {
diff --git a/platform/macos/crash_handler_macos.mm b/platform/macos/crash_handler_macos.mm
index 7f9a88121eda..9de2651c2ed7 100644
--- a/platform/macos/crash_handler_macos.mm
+++ b/platform/macos/crash_handler_macos.mm
@@ -93,7 +93,28 @@ static void handle_crash(int sig) {
 
 	// Dump the backtrace to stderr with a message to the user
 	print_error("\n================================================================");
-	print_error(vformat("%s: Program crashed with signal %d", __FUNCTION__, sig));
+	String signal_description;
+	switch (sig) {
+		case SIGTERM:
+			signal_description = "(SIGTERM) - Terminated";
+			break;
+		case SIGSEGV:
+			signal_description = "(SIGSEGV) - Segmentation fault";
+			break;
+		case SIGINT:
+			signal_description = "(SIGINT) - Interrupt";
+			break;
+		case SIGILL:
+			signal_description = "(SIGILL) - Illegal instruction";
+			break;
+		case SIGABRT:
+			signal_description = "(SIGABRT) - Abnormal termination condition";
+			break;
+		case SIGFPE:
+			signal_description = "(SIGFPE) - Floating-point exception";
+			break;
+	}
+	print_error(vformat("%s: Program crashed with signal %d %s", __FUNCTION__, sig, signal_description));
 
 	// Print the engine version just before, so that people are reminded to include the version in backtrace reports.
 	if (String(VERSION_HASH).is_empty()) {