diff --git a/doc/next/6-stdlib/99-minor/os/signal/notifycontext.md b/doc/next/6-stdlib/99-minor/os/signal/notifycontext.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..74b354b0850
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/next/6-stdlib/99-minor/os/signal/notifycontext.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[NotifyContext] now cancels the returned context with [context.CancelCauseFunc]
+and an error indicating which signal was received.
diff --git a/src/os/signal/signal.go b/src/os/signal/signal.go
index b9fe16baa50..70a91055e23 100644
--- a/src/os/signal/signal.go
+++ b/src/os/signal/signal.go
@@ -272,11 +272,14 @@ func process(sig os.Signal) {
 // the returned context. Future interrupts received will not trigger the default
 // (exit) behavior until the returned stop function is called.
 //
+// If a signal causes the returned context to be canceled, calling
+// [context.Cause] on it will return an error describing the signal.
+//
 // The stop function releases resources associated with it, so code should
 // call stop as soon as the operations running in this Context complete and
 // signals no longer need to be diverted to the context.
 func NotifyContext(parent context.Context, signals ...os.Signal) (ctx context.Context, stop context.CancelFunc) {
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(parent)
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancelCause(parent)
 	c := &signalCtx{
 		Context: ctx,
 		cancel:  cancel,
@@ -287,8 +290,8 @@ func NotifyContext(parent context.Context, signals ...os.Signal) (ctx context.Co
 	if ctx.Err() == nil {
 		go func() {
 			select {
-			case <-c.ch:
-				c.cancel()
+			case s := <-c.ch:
+				c.cancel(signalError(s.String() + " signal received"))
 			case <-c.Done():
 			}
 		}()
@@ -299,13 +302,13 @@ func NotifyContext(parent context.Context, signals ...os.Signal) (ctx context.Co
 type signalCtx struct {
 	context.Context
 
-	cancel  context.CancelFunc
+	cancel  context.CancelCauseFunc
 	signals []os.Signal
 	ch      chan os.Signal
 }
 
 func (c *signalCtx) stop() {
-	c.cancel()
+	c.cancel(nil)
 	Stop(c.ch)
 }
 
@@ -333,3 +336,9 @@ func (c *signalCtx) String() string {
 	buf = append(buf, ')')
 	return string(buf)
 }
+
+type signalError string
+
+func (s signalError) Error() string {
+	return string(s)
+}
diff --git a/src/os/signal/signal_test.go b/src/os/signal/signal_test.go
index 8d3f230178e..8a3ba0e8475 100644
--- a/src/os/signal/signal_test.go
+++ b/src/os/signal/signal_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ package signal
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"internal/testenv"
@@ -723,6 +724,9 @@ func TestNotifyContextNotifications(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		wg.Wait()
 		<-ctx.Done()
+		if got, want := context.Cause(ctx).Error(), "interrupt signal received"; got != want {
+			t.Errorf("context.Cause(ctx) = %q, want %q", got, want)
+		}
 		fmt.Println("received SIGINT")
 		// Sleep to give time to simultaneous signals to reach the process.
 		// These signals must be ignored given stop() is not called on this code.
@@ -797,11 +801,15 @@ func TestNotifyContextStop(t *testing.T) {
 	if got := c.Err(); got != context.Canceled {
 		t.Errorf("c.Err() = %q, want %q", got, context.Canceled)
 	}
+	if got := context.Cause(c); got != context.Canceled {
+		t.Errorf("context.Cause(c.Err()) = %q, want %q", got, context.Canceled)
+	}
 }
 
 func TestNotifyContextCancelParent(t *testing.T) {
-	parent, cancelParent := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-	defer cancelParent()
+	parent, cancelParent := context.WithCancelCause(context.Background())
+	parentCause := errors.New("parent canceled")
+	defer cancelParent(parentCause)
 	c, stop := NotifyContext(parent, syscall.SIGINT)
 	defer stop()
 
@@ -809,18 +817,22 @@ func TestNotifyContextCancelParent(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("c.String() = %q, want %q", got, want)
 	}
 
-	cancelParent()
+	cancelParent(parentCause)
 	<-c.Done()
 	if got := c.Err(); got != context.Canceled {
 		t.Errorf("c.Err() = %q, want %q", got, context.Canceled)
 	}
+	if got := context.Cause(c); got != parentCause {
+		t.Errorf("context.Cause(c) = %q, want %q", got, parentCause)
+	}
 }
 
 func TestNotifyContextPrematureCancelParent(t *testing.T) {
-	parent, cancelParent := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-	defer cancelParent()
+	parent, cancelParent := context.WithCancelCause(context.Background())
+	parentCause := errors.New("parent canceled")
+	defer cancelParent(parentCause)
 
-	cancelParent() // Prematurely cancel context before calling NotifyContext.
+	cancelParent(parentCause) // Prematurely cancel context before calling NotifyContext.
 	c, stop := NotifyContext(parent, syscall.SIGINT)
 	defer stop()
 
@@ -832,6 +844,9 @@ func TestNotifyContextPrematureCancelParent(t *testing.T) {
 	if got := c.Err(); got != context.Canceled {
 		t.Errorf("c.Err() = %q, want %q", got, context.Canceled)
 	}
+	if got := context.Cause(c); got != parentCause {
+		t.Errorf("context.Cause(c) = %q, want %q", got, parentCause)
+	}
 }
 
 func TestNotifyContextSimultaneousStop(t *testing.T) {