diff --git a/Lib/code.py b/Lib/code.py
--- a/Lib/code.py
+++ b/Lib/code.py
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@
                 self.write("\nKeyboardInterrupt\n")
                 self.resetbuffer()
                 more = 0
+        self.write('now exiting %s...\n' % self.__class__.__name__)
 
     def push(self, line):
         """Push a line to the interpreter.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_code_module.py b/Lib/test/test_code_module.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_code_module.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_code_module.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
         # with banner
         self.infunc.side_effect = EOFError('Finished')
         self.console.interact(banner='Foo')
-        self.assertEqual(len(self.stderr.method_calls), 2)
+        self.assertEqual(len(self.stderr.method_calls), 3)
         banner_call = self.stderr.method_calls[0]
         self.assertEqual(banner_call, ['write', ('Foo\n',), {}])
 
@@ -77,7 +77,15 @@
         self.stderr.reset_mock()
         self.infunc.side_effect = EOFError('Finished')
         self.console.interact(banner='')
-        self.assertEqual(len(self.stderr.method_calls), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(len(self.stderr.method_calls), 2)
+
+    def test_exit_msg(self):
+        self.infunc.side_effect = EOFError('Finished')
+        self.console.interact(banner='')
+        self.assertEqual(len(self.stderr.method_calls), 2)
+        err_msg = self.stderr.method_calls[1]
+        expected = 'now exiting InteractiveConsole...\n'
+        self.assertEqual(err_msg, ['write', (expected,), {}])
 
     def test_cause_tb(self):
         self.infunc.side_effect = ["raise ValueError('') from AttributeError",