diff --git a/test/disabled/tls_server.js b/test/disabled/tls_server.js
index b3f43b564d067a..cc381a61c31dfd 100644
--- a/test/disabled/tls_server.js
+++ b/test/disabled/tls_server.js
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ var certPem = fs.readFileSync(common.fixturesDir + '/cert.pem');
 try {
   var credentials = crypto.createCredentials({key: keyPem, cert: certPem});
 } catch (e) {
-  console.log('Not compiled with OPENSSL support.');
-  process.exit();
+  console.log('1..0 # Skipped: node compiled without OpenSSL.');
+  return;
 }
 var i = 0;
 var server = net.createServer(function(connection) {
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-child-process-fork-dgram.js b/test/parallel/test-child-process-fork-dgram.js
index 8676481a17f841..f700960490cbaa 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-child-process-fork-dgram.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-child-process-fork-dgram.js
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ var assert = require('assert');
 var common = require('../common');
 
 if (common.isWindows) {
-  console.error('Sending dgram sockets to child processes not supported');
-  process.exit(0);
+  console.log('1..0 # Skipped: Sending dgram sockets to child processes is ' +
+              'not supported');
+  return;
 }
 
 if (process.argv[2] === 'child') {
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-cluster-bind-privileged-port.js b/test/parallel/test-cluster-bind-privileged-port.js
index 0e1e7e244c596a..d173762575cb8f 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-cluster-bind-privileged-port.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-cluster-bind-privileged-port.js
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ if (common.isWindows) {
 }
 
 if (process.getuid() === 0) {
-  console.log('Do not run this test as root.');
-  process.exit(0);
+  console.log('1..0 # Skipped: Test is not supposed to be run as root.');
+  return;
 }
 
 if (cluster.isMaster) {
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-cluster-dgram-1.js b/test/parallel/test-cluster-dgram-1.js
index b0db72b1296352..9404c55f2bb547 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-cluster-dgram-1.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-cluster-dgram-1.js
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ var dgram = require('dgram');
 
 
 if (common.isWindows) {
-  console.warn('dgram clustering is currently not supported on windows.');
-  process.exit(0);
+  console.log('1..0 # Skipped: dgram clustering is currently not supported ' +
+              'on windows.');
+  return;
 }
 
 if (cluster.isMaster)
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-cluster-dgram-2.js b/test/parallel/test-cluster-dgram-2.js
index 016a836227c64f..0253cafcf49766 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-cluster-dgram-2.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-cluster-dgram-2.js
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ var dgram = require('dgram');
 
 
 if (common.isWindows) {
-  console.warn('dgram clustering is currently not supported on windows.');
-  process.exit(0);
+  console.log('1..0 # Skipped: dgram clustering is currently not supported ' +
+              'on windows.');
+  return;
 }
 
 if (cluster.isMaster)
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-cluster-http-pipe.js b/test/parallel/test-cluster-http-pipe.js
index 2a968f56456c3e..4c6dee347bb8e9 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-cluster-http-pipe.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-cluster-http-pipe.js
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ const assert = require('assert');
 const cluster = require('cluster');
 const http = require('http');
 
-// It is not possible to send pipe handles over the IPC pipe on Windows.
 if (common.isWindows) {
-  process.exit(0);
+  console.log('1..0 # Skipped: It is not possible to send pipe handles over ' +
+              'the IPC pipe on Windows');
+  return;
 }
 
 if (cluster.isMaster) {
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-dh-padding.js b/test/parallel/test-dh-padding.js
index 872653763239c4..b43234202e194c 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-dh-padding.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-dh-padding.js
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ var assert = require('assert');
 try {
   var crypto = require('crypto');
 } catch (e) {
-  console.log('Not compiled with OPENSSL support.');
-  process.exit();
+  console.log('1..0 # Skipped: Not compiled with OPENSSL support.');
+  return;
 }
 
 var prime = 'c51f7bf8f0e1cf899243cdf408b1bc7c09c010e33ef7f3fbe5bd5feaf906113b';
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-domain-crypto.js b/test/parallel/test-domain-crypto.js
index 96047474956e73..5a6266d4b44725 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-domain-crypto.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-domain-crypto.js
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 try {
   var crypto = require('crypto');
 } catch (e) {
-  console.log('Not compiled with OPENSSL support.');
-  process.exit();
+  console.log('1..0 # Skipped: Not compiled with OPENSSL support.');
+  return;
 }
 
 // the missing var keyword is intentional
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-process-remove-all-signal-listeners.js b/test/parallel/test-process-remove-all-signal-listeners.js
index 460f8f03658a13..59c2ae926b1cc2 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-process-remove-all-signal-listeners.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-process-remove-all-signal-listeners.js
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ const spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
 const common = require('../common');
 
 if (common.isWindows) {
-  // Win32 doesn't have signals, just a kindof emulation, insufficient
-  // for this test to apply.
+  console.log('1..0 # Skipped: Win32 doesn\'t have signals, just a kind of ' +
+              'emulation, insufficient for this test to apply.');
   return;
 }
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-signal-handler.js b/test/parallel/test-signal-handler.js
index a6e9adab3fddcc..bcd8256272005b 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-signal-handler.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-signal-handler.js
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 const common = require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
 
-// SIGUSR1 and SIGHUP are not supported on Windows
 if (common.isWindows) {
-  process.exit(0);
+  console.log('1..0 # Skipped: SIGUSR1 and SIGHUP signals are not supported');
+  return;
 }
 
 console.log('process.pid: ' + process.pid);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-tls-npn-server-client.js b/test/parallel/test-tls-npn-server-client.js
index bdccaaf17e7b20..0a0453633af9ae 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-tls-npn-server-client.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-tls-npn-server-client.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 if (!process.features.tls_npn) {
   console.log('1..0 # Skipped: node compiled without OpenSSL or ' +
               'with old OpenSSL version.');
-  process.exit(0);
+  return;
 }
 
 var common = require('../common'),
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-tls-ocsp-callback.js b/test/parallel/test-tls-ocsp-callback.js
index 2dbfc6c164b785..d970b2ab013446 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-tls-ocsp-callback.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-tls-ocsp-callback.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ var common = require('../common');
 if (!process.features.tls_ocsp) {
   console.log('1..0 # Skipped: node compiled without OpenSSL or ' +
               'with old OpenSSL version.');
-  process.exit(0);
+  return;
 }
 if (!common.opensslCli) {
   console.log('1..0 # Skipped: node compiled without OpenSSL CLI.');
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-tls-sni-option.js b/test/parallel/test-tls-sni-option.js
index 92c5aadfcbc28e..8ebc0c3af44705 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-tls-sni-option.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-tls-sni-option.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 if (!process.features.tls_sni) {
   console.log('1..0 # Skipped: node compiled without OpenSSL or ' +
               'with old OpenSSL version.');
-  process.exit(0);
+  return;
 }
 
 var common = require('../common'),
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-tls-sni-server-client.js b/test/parallel/test-tls-sni-server-client.js
index 5a1894cd6e8cc9..bad5e108784353 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-tls-sni-server-client.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-tls-sni-server-client.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 if (!process.features.tls_sni) {
   console.log('1..0 # Skipped: node compiled without OpenSSL or ' +
               'with old OpenSSL version.');
-  process.exit(0);
+  return;
 }
 
 var common = require('../common'),
diff --git a/test/pummel/test-crypto-dh.js b/test/pummel/test-crypto-dh.js
index 5588cdb7089b5b..3c88cc3f48ebc0 100644
--- a/test/pummel/test-crypto-dh.js
+++ b/test/pummel/test-crypto-dh.js
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ var assert = require('assert');
 try {
   var crypto = require('crypto');
 } catch (e) {
-  console.log('Not compiled with OPENSSL support.');
-  process.exit();
+  console.log('1..0 # Skipped: Not compiled with OPENSSL support.');
+  return;
 }
 
 assert.throws(function() {
diff --git a/test/sequential/test-regress-GH-3542.js b/test/sequential/test-regress-GH-3542.js
index dee24c79fbb9c6..2025645ae75d92 100644
--- a/test/sequential/test-regress-GH-3542.js
+++ b/test/sequential/test-regress-GH-3542.js
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ var common = require('../common'),
 
 // This test is only relevant on Windows.
 if (!common.isWindows) {
-  return process.exit(0);
+  console.log('1..0 # Skipped: Windows specific test.');
+  return;
 }
 
 function test(p) {