diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/platform/kill.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/platform/kill.rs
index 3c762db76..4bf310de0 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/platform/kill.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/platform/kill.rs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ use nu_engine::CallExt;
 use nu_protocol::engine::{Command, EngineState, Stack};
 use nu_protocol::{ast::Call, span};
 use nu_protocol::{
-    Category, Example, IntoPipelineData, PipelineData, ShellError, Signature, Spanned, SyntaxShape,
-    Value,
+    Category, Example, IntoInterruptiblePipelineData, IntoPipelineData, PipelineData, ShellError,
+    Signature, Spanned, SyntaxShape, Value,
 };
 use std::process::{Command as CommandSys, Stdio};
 
@@ -128,9 +128,22 @@ impl Command for Kill {
                 .stderr(Stdio::null());
         }
 
-        cmd.status().expect("failed to execute shell command");
-
-        Ok(Value::Nothing { span: call.head }.into_pipeline_data())
+        let output = cmd.output().expect("failed to execute shell command");
+        let val = String::from(
+            String::from_utf8(output.stdout)
+                .expect("failed to convert output to string")
+                .trim_end(),
+        );
+        if val.is_empty() {
+            Ok(Value::Nothing { span: call.head }.into_pipeline_data())
+        } else {
+            Ok(vec![Value::String {
+                val,
+                span: call.head,
+            }]
+            .into_iter()
+            .into_pipeline_data(engine_state.ctrlc.clone()))
+        }
     }
 
     fn examples(&self) -> Vec<Example> {