diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index ef7e21944..67771d225 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2012-02-09  Christopher Faylor  <me.cygwin2012@cgf.cx>
+
+	* exceptions.cc (setup_handler): Reduce system_printf to sigproc_printf
+	since it is for a transient situation which will undoubtedly be
+	handled.
+
 2012-02-09  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* fhandler_dsp.cc (fhandler_dev_dsp::Audio_out::write): Set
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/exceptions.cc b/winsup/cygwin/exceptions.cc
index a15c9c307..6d03da8e7 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/exceptions.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/exceptions.cc
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ setup_handler (int sig, void *handler, struct sigaction& siga, _cygtls *tls)
 	    }
 	  cx.ContextFlags = CONTEXT_CONTROL | CONTEXT_INTEGER;
 	  if (!GetThreadContext (hth, &cx))
-	    system_printf ("couldn't get context of thread, %E");
+	    sigproc_printf ("couldn't get context of thread, %E");
 	  else
 	    interrupted = tls->interrupt_now (&cx, sig, handler, siga);