diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 41c081f5..7467262e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  * #754: Fix error handling to log command output as one record per line instead of truncating
    too-long output and swallowing the end of some Borg error messages.
  * #757: Update documentation so "sudo borgmatic" works for pipx borgmatic installations.
+ * #761: Fix for borgmatic not stopping Borg immediately when the user presses ctrl-C.
  * Update documentation to recommend installing/upgrading borgmatic with pipx instead of pip. See the
    documentation for more information:
    https://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/how-to/set-up-backups/#installation
diff --git a/borgmatic/signals.py b/borgmatic/signals.py
index 3811f8c3..7ec31d91 100644
--- a/borgmatic/signals.py
+++ b/borgmatic/signals.py
@@ -23,12 +23,20 @@ def handle_signal(signal_number, frame):
     if signal_number == signal.SIGTERM:
         logger.critical('Exiting due to TERM signal')
         sys.exit(EXIT_CODE_FROM_SIGNAL + signal.SIGTERM)
+    elif signal_number == signal.SIGINT:
+        raise KeyboardInterrupt()
 
 
 def configure_signals():
     '''
     Configure borgmatic's signal handlers to pass relevant signals through to any child processes
-    like Borg. Note that SIGINT gets passed through even without these changes.
+    like Borg.
     '''
-    for signal_number in (signal.SIGHUP, signal.SIGTERM, signal.SIGUSR1, signal.SIGUSR2):
+    for signal_number in (
+        signal.SIGHUP,
+        signal.SIGINT,
+        signal.SIGTERM,
+        signal.SIGUSR1,
+        signal.SIGUSR2,
+    ):
         signal.signal(signal_number, handle_signal)
diff --git a/docs/how-to/upgrade.md b/docs/how-to/upgrade.md
index fb61f5c4..9708c005 100644
--- a/docs/how-to/upgrade.md
+++ b/docs/how-to/upgrade.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ sudo pipx upgrade borgmatic
 
 Omit `sudo` if you installed borgmatic as a non-root user. And if you
 installed borgmatic *both* as root and as a non-root user, you'll need to
-upgrade each installation indepedently.
+upgrade each installation independently.
 
 If you originally installed borgmatic with `sudo pip3 install --user`, you can
 uninstall it first with `sudo pip3 uninstall borgmatic` and then [install it
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_signals.py b/tests/unit/test_signals.py
index 83be32cb..86bb759c 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_signals.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_signals.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import pytest
 from flexmock import flexmock
 
 from borgmatic import signals as module
@@ -34,6 +35,17 @@ def test_handle_signal_exits_on_sigterm():
     module.handle_signal(signal_number, frame)
 
 
+def test_handle_signal_raises_on_sigint():
+    signal_number = module.signal.SIGINT
+    frame = flexmock(f_back=flexmock(f_code=flexmock(co_name='something')))
+    flexmock(module.os).should_receive('getpgrp').and_return(flexmock)
+    flexmock(module.os).should_receive('killpg')
+    flexmock(module.sys).should_receive('exit').never()
+
+    with pytest.raises(KeyboardInterrupt):
+        module.handle_signal(signal_number, frame)
+
+
 def test_configure_signals_installs_signal_handlers():
     flexmock(module.signal).should_receive('signal').at_least().once()