diff --git a/Tests/break.sh b/Tests/break.sh
index 8a4e58c..fd7ec1f 100755
--- a/Tests/break.sh
+++ b/Tests/break.sh
@@ -104,12 +104,24 @@ for suite in "$@"; do
         die "no such suite: $suite"
     fi
     printf -- '---- %s ----\n' "$name"
-    if "$run" 2>&1 | tee "$KEEP.out" | grep -E '^\s*\[FAIL\]' | sed 's/^ *//'; then
-        :
-    fi
-    if grep -qE '^[0-9]+ passed, [0-9]+ failed' "$KEEP.out"; then
+    "$run" > "$KEEP.out" 2>&1
+    status=$?
+    grep -E '^\s*\[FAIL\]' "$KEEP.out" | sed 's/^ *//'
+
+    # THE SUITE'S EXIT STATUS IS THE SIGNAL, not the shape of its last line. This used to
+    # look for a "N passed, M failed" summary, which is right for the suites that print one
+    # - they print it only when something failed - and impossible for the three that never
+    # do. docs, terminal and voyager report in their own words and say so with their exit
+    # status, so a break they caught loudly was answered with "NOTHING CAUGHT THE BREAK":
+    # the one wrong answer this tool exists never to give, turning up in a third place.
+    if [ "$status" -ne 0 ]; then
         NOTICED=1
-        grep -E '^[0-9]+ passed, [0-9]+ failed' "$KEEP.out" | tail -1
+        # The count where a suite keeps one, and its own last word where it does not.
+        if grep -qE '^[0-9]+ passed, [0-9]+ failed' "$KEEP.out"; then
+            grep -E '^[0-9]+ passed, [0-9]+ failed' "$KEEP.out" | tail -1
+        else
+            tail -1 "$KEEP.out"
+        fi
     else
         printf '%s%s did not notice%s\n' "$RED" "$name" "$RESET"
     fi