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diff --git a/bin/kill/kill.1 b/bin/kill/kill.1
index fe725d22c22..f8a2f794a0c 100644
--- a/bin/kill/kill.1
+++ b/bin/kill/kill.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: kill.1,v 1.5 1998/11/06 00:34:08 aaron Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: kill.1,v 1.6 1998/11/28 03:20:33 aaron Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: kill.1,v 1.8 1995/09/07 06:30:26 jtc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993
@@ -44,24 +44,24 @@
.Nm kill
.Nd terminate or signal a process
.Sh SYNOPSIS
-.Nm kill
+.Nm
.Op Fl s Ar signal_name
.Ar PID
.Ar \&...
-.Nm kill
+.Nm
.Fl l
.Op Ar exit_status
-.Nm kill
+.Nm
.Fl signal_name
.Ar PID
.Ar \&...
-.Nm kill
+.Nm
.Fl signal_number
.Ar PID
.Ar \&...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
-.Nm kill
+.Nm
utility sends a signal to the processes specified
by the PID operand(s).
.Pp
@@ -114,14 +114,14 @@ ALRM (alarm clock)
TERM (software termination signal)
.El
.Pp
-.Nm kill
+.Nm
is built-in to
.Xr csh 1 ;
it allows job specifiers of the form
.Dq %...
as arguments
so process IDs are not as often used as
-.Nm kill
+.Nm
arguments.
See
.Xr csh 1
@@ -133,13 +133,13 @@ for details.
.Xr sigaction 2
.Sh STANDARDS
The
-.Nm kill
-function is expected to be
+.Nm
+utility is expected to be
.St -p1003.2
compatible.
.Sh HISTORY
A
-.Nm kill
+.Nm
command appeared in
.At v6 .
.Sh BUGS