diff --git a/UPGRADE.txt b/UPGRADE.txt
index 613f4b377f..d3e2f4fbf9 100644
--- a/UPGRADE.txt
+++ b/UPGRADE.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,15 @@
 === UPGRADE-11.txt  -- Upgrade info for 10 to 11
 ===
 ===========================================================
+
+From 12.3.0 to 12.4.0:
+
+ - Changed a log message in safe_asterisk and the $NOTIFY mail subject. If
+   you use tools to parse either of them, update your parse functions
+   accordingly. The changed strings are:
+   - "Exited on signal $EXITSIGNAL" => "Asterisk exited on signal $EXITSIGNAL."
+   - "Asterisk Died" => "Asterisk on $MACHINE died (sig $EXITSIGNAL)"
+
 From 12.2.0 to 12.3.0:
 
  - The asterisk command line -I option and the asterisk.conf internal_timing
diff --git a/contrib/scripts/safe_asterisk b/contrib/scripts/safe_asterisk
index daf261608c..8901d8a835 100644
--- a/contrib/scripts/safe_asterisk
+++ b/contrib/scripts/safe_asterisk
@@ -173,11 +173,10 @@ run_asterisk()
 			exit 0
 		elif test $EXITSTATUS -gt 128; then
 			EXITSIGNAL=$((EXITSTATUS - 128))
-			echo "Asterisk exited on signal $EXITSIGNAL."
+			message "Asterisk exited on signal $EXITSIGNAL."
 			if test -n "$NOTIFY"; then
 				echo "Asterisk on $MACHINE exited on signal $EXITSIGNAL.  Might want to take a peek." | \
-				mail -s "Asterisk Died" $NOTIFY
-				message "Exited on signal $EXITSIGNAL"
+				mail -s "Asterisk on $MACHINE died (sig $EXITSIGNAL)" $NOTIFY
 			fi
 			if test -n "$EXEC"; then
 				$EXEC