diff --git a/background.go b/background.go
index 4d439ba..2d9ac6e 100644
--- a/background.go
+++ b/background.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package asynq
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 	"sync"
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ func (bg *Background) Run(handler TaskHandler) {
 	sigs := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
 	signal.Notify(sigs, os.Interrupt, os.Kill)
 	<-sigs
+	fmt.Printf("\nStarting graceful shutdown...\n")
 }
 
 // starts the background-task processing.
diff --git a/poller.go b/poller.go
index 027124f..9fd0b86 100644
--- a/poller.go
+++ b/poller.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ func newPoller(rdb *rdb, avgInterval time.Duration, zsets []string) *poller {
 }
 
 func (p *poller) terminate() {
+	fmt.Print("Poller shutting down...")
 	// Signal the poller goroutine to stop polling.
 	p.done <- struct{}{}
 }
@@ -39,9 +40,7 @@ func (p *poller) start() {
 		for {
 			select {
 			case <-p.done:
-				fmt.Println("-------------[Poller]---------------")
-				fmt.Println("Poller shutting down...")
-				fmt.Println("------------------------------------")
+				fmt.Println("Done")
 				return
 			default:
 				p.exec()
diff --git a/processor.go b/processor.go
index bcfc161..f64737a 100644
--- a/processor.go
+++ b/processor.go
@@ -29,15 +29,16 @@ func newProcessor(rdb *rdb, numWorkers int, handler TaskHandler) *processor {
 }
 
 func (p *processor) terminate() {
+	fmt.Print("Processor shutting down...")
 	// Signal the processor goroutine to stop processing tasks from the queue.
 	p.done <- struct{}{}
 
-	fmt.Println("--- Waiting for all workers to finish ---")
+	fmt.Print("Waiting for all workers to finish...")
 	for i := 0; i < cap(p.sema); i++ {
 		// block until all workers have released the token
 		p.sema <- struct{}{}
 	}
-	fmt.Println("--- All workers have finished! ----")
+	fmt.Println("Done")
 }
 
 func (p *processor) start() {
@@ -48,9 +49,7 @@ func (p *processor) start() {
 		for {
 			select {
 			case <-p.done:
-				fmt.Println("-------------[Processor]---------------")
-				fmt.Println("Processor shutting down...")
-				fmt.Println("-------------------------------------")
+				fmt.Println("Done")
 				return
 			default:
 				p.exec()