diff --git a/doc/api/process.md b/doc/api/process.md
index 8b8ce0f43dd0d2..0f3044c9c84fb8 100644
--- a/doc/api/process.md
+++ b/doc/api/process.md
@@ -350,6 +350,9 @@ Signal events will be emitted when the Node.js process receives a signal. Please
 refer to signal(7) for a listing of standard POSIX signal names such as
 `SIGINT`, `SIGHUP`, etc.
 
+The signal handler will receive the signal's name (`'SIGINT'`,
+ `'SIGTERM'`, etc.) as the first argument.
+
 The name of each event will be the uppercase common name for the signal (e.g.
 `'SIGINT'` for `SIGINT` signals).
 
@@ -362,6 +365,14 @@ process.stdin.resume();
 process.on('SIGINT', () => {
   console.log('Received SIGINT.  Press Control-D to exit.');
 });
+
+// Using a single function to handle multiple signals
+function handle(signal) {
+  console.log(`Received ${signal}`);
+}
+
+process.on('SIGINT', handle);
+process.on('SIGTERM', handle);
 ```
 
 *Note*: An easy way to send the `SIGINT` signal is with `<Ctrl>-C` in most
diff --git a/lib/internal/process.js b/lib/internal/process.js
index be1c44c4a0e071..377afa686d001d 100644
--- a/lib/internal/process.js
+++ b/lib/internal/process.js
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ function setupSignalHandlers() {
 
       wrap.unref();
 
-      wrap.onsignal = function() { process.emit(type); };
+      wrap.onsignal = function() { process.emit(type, type); };
 
       const signum = constants[type];
       const err = wrap.start(signum);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-signal-args.js b/test/parallel/test-signal-args.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..d9fa6df347ddaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-signal-args.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+
+if (common.isWindows) {
+  common.skip('Sending signals with process.kill is not supported on Windows');
+}
+
+process.once('SIGINT', common.mustCall((signal) => {
+  assert.strictEqual(signal, 'SIGINT');
+}));
+
+process.kill(process.pid, 'SIGINT');
+
+process.once('SIGTERM', common.mustCall((signal) => {
+  assert.strictEqual(signal, 'SIGTERM');
+}));
+
+process.kill(process.pid, 'SIGTERM');
+
+// Prevent Node.js from exiting due to empty event loop before signal handlers
+// are fired
+setImmediate(() => {});