diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index a3cc846a75..46f18da2de 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ function getStream(process, stream, {encoding, buffer, maxBuffer}) {
 function makeError(result, options) {
 	const {stdout, stderr, code, signal} = result;
 	let {error} = result;
-	const {joinedCommand, timedOut, isCanceled, parsed: {options: {timeout}}} = options;
+	const {joinedCommand, timedOut, isCanceled, killed, parsed: {options: {timeout}}} = options;
 
 	const [exitCodeName, exitCode] = getCode(result, code);
 
@@ -194,10 +194,10 @@ function makeError(result, options) {
 	// `signal` emitted on `spawned.on('exit')` event can be `null`. We normalize
 	// it to `undefined`
 	error.signal = signal || undefined;
-	error.killed = signal !== null && !timedOut;
 	error.command = joinedCommand;
 	error.timedOut = Boolean(timedOut);
 	error.isCanceled = isCanceled;
+	error.killed = killed && !timedOut;
 
 	if ('all' in result) {
 		error.all = result.all;
@@ -364,7 +364,8 @@ const execa = (command, args, options) => {
 					joinedCommand,
 					parsed,
 					timedOut,
-					isCanceled
+					isCanceled,
+					killed: spawned.killed
 				});
 
 				if (!parsed.options.reject) {
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index 7a8919d807..478b2508b9 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ test('error.killed is true if process was killed directly', async t => {
 	t.true(error.killed);
 });
 
-test('error.killed is true if process was killed indirectly', async t => {
+test('error.killed is false if process was killed indirectly', async t => {
 	const cp = execa('forever');
 
 	setTimeout(() => {
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ test('error.killed is true if process was killed indirectly', async t => {
 	// `process.kill()` is emulated by Node.js on Windows
 	const message = process.platform === 'win32' ? /failed with exit code 1/ : /was killed with SIGINT/;
 	const error = await t.throwsAsync(cp, {message});
-	t.true(error.killed);
+	t.false(error.killed);
 });
 
 if (process.platform === 'darwin') {