diff --git a/src/connector.c b/src/connector.c
index 46142cc4..608fb556 100644
--- a/src/connector.c
+++ b/src/connector.c
@@ -1067,6 +1067,7 @@ retry:
 	} else if (cmdmatch(buf, "reject")) {
 		LOGDEBUG("Connector received reject signal");
 		cdata->accept = false;
+		send_proc(ckp->stratifier, "dropall");
 	} else if (cmdmatch(buf, "stats")) {
 		char *msg;
 
diff --git a/src/stratifier.c b/src/stratifier.c
index 55cbc3dc..0b7890cd 100644
--- a/src/stratifier.c
+++ b/src/stratifier.c
@@ -1138,7 +1138,7 @@ static void drop_allclients(ckpool_t *ckp)
 	ck_wunlock(&sdata->instance_lock);
 
 	if (kills)
-		LOGNOTICE("Dropped %d instances", kills);
+		LOGNOTICE("Dropped %d instances for dropall request", kills);
 }
 
 /* Copy only the relevant parts of the master sdata for each subproxy */