diff --git a/magit.el b/magit.el
index c89f573c..1c121128 100644
--- a/magit.el
+++ b/magit.el
@@ -393,18 +393,11 @@ Many Magit faces inherit from this one by default."
 	      (revert-buffer t t t))))))))
 
 (defun magit-process-sentinel (process event)
-  (cond ((string= event "finished\n")
-	 (message "Git finished.")
-	 (setq magit-process nil))
-	((string= event "killed\n")
-	 (message "Git was killed.")
-	 (setq magit-process nil))
-	((string-match "exited abnormally" event)
-	 (message "Git failed.")
-	 (setq magit-process nil)
-	 (magit-display-process))
-	(t
-	 (message "Git is weird.")))
+  (with-current-buffer (process-buffer process)
+    (let ((msg (format "Git %s." (substring event 0 -1))))
+      (insert msg "\n")
+      (message msg)))
+  (setq magit-process nil)
   (magit-set-mode-line-process nil)
   (magit-revert-files)
   (magit-update-status (magit-find-status-buffer)))