diff --git a/collects/drscheme/private/rep.ss b/collects/drscheme/private/rep.ss
index 5e7e4c720b..3b4e4168af 100644
--- a/collects/drscheme/private/rep.ss
+++ b/collects/drscheme/private/rep.ss
@@ -536,17 +536,22 @@ TODO
               (make-object string-snip% "[err]"))))
       
     (define (no-user-evaluation-message frame exit-code memory-killed?)
-      ; (printf "memory-killed? ~s\n" memory-killed?)
       (message-box
        (string-constant evaluation-terminated)
-       (if exit-code
-           (string-append
-            (string-constant evaluation-terminated-explanation)
-            "\n\n"
-            (if (zero? exit-code)
-                (string-constant exited-successfully)
-                (format (string-constant exited-with-error-code) exit-code)))
-           (string-constant evaluation-terminated-explanation))
+       (string-append
+        (string-constant evaluation-terminated-explanation)
+        (if exit-code
+            (string-append
+             "\n\n"
+             (if (zero? exit-code)
+                 (string-constant exited-successfully)
+                 (format (string-constant exited-with-error-code) exit-code)))
+            "")
+        (if memory-killed?
+            (string-append 
+             "\n\n"
+             (string-constant program-ran-out-of-memory))
+            ""))
        frame))
       
       ;; insert/delta : (instanceof text%) (union snip string) (listof style-delta%) *-> (values number number)
@@ -903,13 +908,7 @@ TODO
                  (user-custodian-parent #f)
                  (memory-killed-thread #f)
                  (user-custodian #f)
-                 (custodian-limit (and (with-handlers ([exn:fail:unsupported? (λ (x) #f)])
-                                         (let ([c (make-custodian)])
-                                           (custodian-limit-memory 
-                                            c
-                                            100
-                                            c))
-                                         #t)
+                 (custodian-limit (and (custodian-memory-accounting-available?)
                                        (preferences:get 'drscheme:limit-memory)))
                  (user-eventspace-box (make-weak-box #f))
                  (user-namespace-box (make-weak-box #f))
diff --git a/collects/drscheme/private/unit.ss b/collects/drscheme/private/unit.ss
index b01dbca5fe..b95132c1bf 100644
--- a/collects/drscheme/private/unit.ss
+++ b/collects/drscheme/private/unit.ss
@@ -2827,13 +2827,7 @@ module browser threading seems wrong.
                 (λ (_1 _2) (send interactions-text kill-evaluation))
                 #\k
                 (string-constant kill-menu-item-help-string))
-              (when (with-handlers ([exn:fail:unsupported? (λ (x) #f)])
-                      (let ([c (make-custodian)])
-                        (custodian-limit-memory 
-                         c
-                         100
-                         c))
-                      #t)
+              (when (custodian-memory-accounting-available?)
                 (new menu-item%
                      [label "Limit memory..."]
                      [parent scheme-menu]
diff --git a/collects/string-constants/english-string-constants.ss b/collects/string-constants/english-string-constants.ss
index 936c478359..fe480ebdbe 100644
--- a/collects/string-constants/english-string-constants.ss
+++ b/collects/string-constants/english-string-constants.ss
@@ -1044,10 +1044,13 @@ please adhere to these guidelines:
  (evaluation-terminated-explanation
   "The evaluation thread is no longer running, so no evaluation can take place until the next execution.")
   
-  ; next two constants show up in the same dialog as the above evaluation-terminated string
-  ; constants, but only when the user calls 'exit' (possibly with a status code).
+  ; The next three constants show up in the same dialog as the above evaluation-terminated string
+  ; constants.
+  ; The first two show up only when the user calls 'exit' (possibly with a status code).
+  ; The third shows up when the program runs out of memory.
   (exited-successfully "Exited successfully.")
   (exited-with-error-code "Exited with error code ~a.") ;; ~a is filled in with a number between 1 and 255
+  (program-ran-out-of-memory "The program ran out of memory.")
  (last-stack-frame "show the last stack frame")
  (last-stack-frames "show the last ~a stack frames")
  (next-stack-frames "show the next ~a stack frames")