diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 303537d957..1ca516a857 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -432,7 +432,8 @@ module.exports.sync = (command, args, options) => {
 			joinedCommand,
 			parsed,
 			timedOut: false,
-			isCanceled: false
+			isCanceled: false,
+			killed: result.signal !== null
 		});
 
 		if (!parsed.options.reject) {
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index d735f01431..1b3ca69b69 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ try {
 		stderr: null,
 		failed: true,
 		timedOut: false,
-		isCanceled: false
+		isCanceled: false,
+		killed: false
 	}
 	*/
 }
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index 9579764332..bcc850aac8 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -141,7 +141,9 @@ test('stripFinalNewline in sync mode', t => {
 });
 
 test('stripFinalNewline in sync mode on failure', t => {
-	const {stderr} = t.throws(() => execa.sync('noop-throw', ['foo'], {stripFinalNewline: true}));
+	const {stderr} = t.throws(() => {
+		execa.sync('noop-throw', ['foo'], {stripFinalNewline: true});
+	});
 	t.is(stderr, 'foo');
 });
 
@@ -318,6 +320,18 @@ test('result.killed is false if not killed, in sync mode', t => {
 	t.false(result.killed);
 });
 
+test('result.killed is false on process error', async t => {
+	const {killed} = await t.throwsAsync(execa('wrong command'));
+	t.false(killed);
+});
+
+test('result.killed is false on process error, in sync mode', t => {
+	const {killed} = t.throws(() => {
+		execa.sync('wrong command');
+	});
+	t.false(killed);
+});
+
 if (process.platform === 'darwin') {
 	test.cb('sanity check: child_process.exec also has killed.false if killed indirectly', t => {
 		const cp = childProcess.exec('forever', error => {
@@ -613,7 +627,9 @@ test('result.isCanceled is false when spawned.cancel() isn\'t called in sync mod
 });
 
 test('result.isCanceled is false when spawned.cancel() isn\'t called in sync mode (failure)', t => {
-	const error = t.throws(() => execa.sync('fail'));
+	const error = t.throws(() => {
+		execa.sync('fail');
+	});
 	t.false(error.isCanceled);
 });