diff --git a/lldb/source/Commands/CommandObjectQuit.cpp b/lldb/source/Commands/CommandObjectQuit.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/Commands/CommandObjectQuit.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Commands/CommandObjectQuit.cpp
@@ -101,8 +101,5 @@
   m_interpreter.BroadcastEvent(event_type);
   result.SetStatus(eReturnStatusQuit);
 
-  if (m_interpreter.GetSaveSessionOnQuit())
-    m_interpreter.SaveTranscript(result);
-
   return true;
 }
diff --git a/lldb/source/Core/Debugger.cpp b/lldb/source/Core/Debugger.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/Core/Debugger.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Core/Debugger.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "lldb/Host/Terminal.h"
 #include "lldb/Host/ThreadLauncher.h"
 #include "lldb/Interpreter/CommandInterpreter.h"
+#include "lldb/Interpreter/CommandReturnObject.h"
 #include "lldb/Interpreter/OptionValue.h"
 #include "lldb/Interpreter/OptionValueProperties.h"
 #include "lldb/Interpreter/OptionValueSInt64.h"
@@ -604,6 +605,17 @@
   if (!debugger_sp)
     return;
 
+  CommandInterpreter &cmd_interpreter = debugger_sp->GetCommandInterpreter();
+
+  if (cmd_interpreter.GetSaveSessionOnQuit()) {
+    CommandReturnObject result(/*colors*/ true);
+    cmd_interpreter.SaveTranscript(result);
+    if (result.Succeeded())
+      debugger_sp->GetOutputStream() << result.GetOutputData() << '\n';
+    else
+      debugger_sp->GetErrorStream() << result.GetErrorData() << '\n';
+  }
+
   debugger_sp->Clear();
 
   if (g_debugger_list_ptr && g_debugger_list_mutex_ptr) {
diff --git a/lldb/source/Interpreter/CommandInterpreter.cpp b/lldb/source/Interpreter/CommandInterpreter.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/Interpreter/CommandInterpreter.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Interpreter/CommandInterpreter.cpp
@@ -2974,6 +2974,7 @@
     return error_out("Unable to write to destination file",
                      "Bytes written do not match transcript size.");
 
+  result.SetStatus(eReturnStatusSuccessContinuingResult);
   result.AppendMessageWithFormat("Session's transcripts saved to %s\n",
                                  output_file->c_str());