diff --git a/mercurial/dispatch.py b/mercurial/dispatch.py
--- a/mercurial/dispatch.py
+++ b/mercurial/dispatch.py
@@ -162,9 +162,13 @@ def dispatch(req):
     ret = None
     try:
         ret = _runcatch(req)
-    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+    except KeyboardInterrupt as inst:
         try:
-            req.ui.warn(_("interrupted!\n"))
+            if isinstance(inst, error.SignalInterrupt):
+                msg = _("killed!\n")
+            else:
+                msg = _("interrupted!\n")
+            req.ui.warn(msg)
         except error.SignalInterrupt:
             # maybe pager would quit without consuming all the output, and
             # SIGPIPE was raised. we cannot print anything in this case.
diff --git a/mercurial/scmutil.py b/mercurial/scmutil.py
--- a/mercurial/scmutil.py
+++ b/mercurial/scmutil.py
@@ -186,8 +186,6 @@ def callcatch(ui, func):
         ui.warn(_("abort: file censored %s!\n") % inst)
     except error.RevlogError as inst:
         ui.warn(_("abort: %s!\n") % inst)
-    except error.SignalInterrupt:
-        ui.warn(_("killed!\n"))
     except error.InterventionRequired as inst:
         ui.warn("%s\n" % inst)
         if inst.hint: