diff --git a/term-utils/script.c b/term-utils/script.c
index 70f590159..73dd208cc 100644
--- a/term-utils/script.c
+++ b/term-utils/script.c
@@ -404,9 +404,9 @@ dooutput(FILE *timingfd) {
 	char obuf[BUFSIZ];
 	struct timeval tv;
 	double oldtime=time(NULL), newtime;
-	int flgs = 0;
 	ssize_t wrt;
 	ssize_t fwrt;
+	int errsv = 0;
 
 	close(STDIN_FILENO);
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBUTIL
@@ -417,12 +417,9 @@ dooutput(FILE *timingfd) {
 	fprintf(fscript, _("Script started on %s"), obuf);
 
 	do {
-		if (die && flgs == 0) {
-			/* ..child is dead, but it doesn't mean that there is
-			 * nothing in buffers.
-			 */
-			flgs = fcntl(master, F_GETFL, 0);
-			if (fcntl(master, F_SETFL, (flgs | O_NONBLOCK)) == -1)
+		if (die || errsv == EINTR) {
+			struct pollfd fds[] = {{ .fd = master, .events = POLLIN }};
+			if (poll(fds, 1, 50) <= 0)
 				break;
 		}
 		if (tflg)
@@ -430,12 +427,10 @@ dooutput(FILE *timingfd) {
 
 		errno = 0;
 		cc = read(master, obuf, sizeof (obuf));
+		errsv = errno;
 
-		if (die && errno == EINTR && cc <= 0)
-			/* read() has been interrupted by SIGCHLD, try it again
-			 * with O_NONBLOCK
-			 */
-			continue;
+		if (errsv == EINTR && cc <= 0)
+			continue;	/* try it again */
 		if (cc <= 0)
 			break;
 		if (tflg) {
@@ -443,11 +438,6 @@ dooutput(FILE *timingfd) {
 			fprintf(timingfd, "%f %zd\n", newtime - oldtime, cc);
 			oldtime = newtime;
 		}
-		wrt = write(STDOUT_FILENO, obuf, cc);
-		if (wrt < 0) {
-			warn (_("write failed"));
-			fail();
-		}
 		fwrt = fwrite(obuf, 1, cc, fscript);
 		if (fwrt < cc) {
 			warn (_("cannot write script file"));
@@ -455,10 +445,13 @@ dooutput(FILE *timingfd) {
 		}
 		if (fflg)
 			fflush(fscript);
+		wrt = write(STDOUT_FILENO, obuf, cc);
+		if (wrt < 0) {
+			warn (_("write failed"));
+			fail();
+		}
 	} while(1);
 
-	if (flgs)
-		fcntl(master, F_SETFL, flgs);
 	if (close_stream(timingfd) != 0)
 		errx(EXIT_FAILURE, _("write error"));
 	done();
@@ -536,12 +529,11 @@ done(void) {
 
 	if (subchild) {
 		/* output process */
-		if (!qflg) {
-			char buf[BUFSIZ];
-			tvec = time((time_t *)NULL);
-			my_strftime(buf, sizeof buf, "%c\n", localtime(&tvec));
-			fprintf(fscript, _("\nScript done on %s"), buf);
-		}
+		char buf[BUFSIZ];
+		tvec = time((time_t *)NULL);
+		my_strftime(buf, sizeof buf, "%c\n", localtime(&tvec));
+		fprintf(fscript, _("\nScript done on %s"), buf);
+
 		if (close_stream(fscript) != 0)
 			errx(EXIT_FAILURE, _("write error"));
 		close(master);