diff --git a/mlir/lib/Pass/PassCrashRecovery.cpp b/mlir/lib/Pass/PassCrashRecovery.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Pass/PassCrashRecovery.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Pass/PassCrashRecovery.cpp
@@ -158,8 +158,8 @@
 
     // Emit an error using information only available within the context.
     emitError(context->preCrashOperation->getLoc())
-        << "A failure has been detected while processing the MLIR module:"
-        << description;
+        << "A signal was caught while processing the MLIR module:"
+        << description << "; marking pass as failed";
   }
 }