diff --git a/actors.go b/actors.go
index ad6aed8..c430c12 100644
--- a/actors.go
+++ b/actors.go
@@ -82,14 +82,15 @@ func (e SignalError) Is(err error) bool {
 }
 
 // As fixes a design error in the SignalError type, so that errors.As with the
-// literal `&SignalError{}` will return true.
+// literal `&SignalError{}` will return true and, per the errors.As contract,
+// populate target with the underlying signal.
 func (e SignalError) As(target interface{}) bool {
-	switch target.(type) {
-	case *SignalError, SignalError:
-		return true
-	default:
+	t, ok := target.(*SignalError)
+	if !ok {
 		return false
 	}
+	*t = e
+	return true
 }
 
 // ErrSignal is returned by SignalHandler when a signal triggers termination.
diff --git a/actors_test.go b/actors_test.go
index d8d7ea1..3bb568f 100644
--- a/actors_test.go
+++ b/actors_test.go
@@ -58,6 +58,27 @@ func TestSignalError(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// errors.As must populate a value-typed SignalError target, not merely
+// report a match; #27 made it return true without ever assigning.
+func TestSignalErrorAsAssignsTarget(t *testing.T) {
+	testc := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
+	ctx := putTestSigChan(context.Background(), testc)
+
+	var rg Group
+	rg.Add(SignalHandler(ctx, os.Interrupt))
+	testc <- os.Interrupt
+	err := rg.Run()
+
+	var target SignalError
+	if want, have := true, errors.As(err, &target); want != have {
+		t.Fatalf("errors.As(err, &target): want %v, have %v", want, have)
+	}
+
+	if want, have := os.Interrupt, target.Signal; want != have {
+		t.Errorf("target.Signal: want %v, have %v (errors.As reported success but did not assign the target)", want, have)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestSignalHandlerNil(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	var rg Group