Index: etc/devd.conf
===================================================================
--- etc/devd.conf
+++ etc/devd.conf
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@
 # Replace action with a proper coredump handler, but be aware that
 # it will run with elevated privileges.
 notify 10 {
-	match "system"          "kernel";
+	match "system"          "kern";
 	match "subsystem"       "signal";
 	match "type"            "coredump";
 	action "logger $comm $core";
Index: sbin/devd/devd.conf.5
===================================================================
--- sbin/devd/devd.conf.5
+++ sbin/devd/devd.conf.5
@@ -259,6 +259,10 @@
 CIS-vendor.
 .It Li class
 Device class.
+.It Li comm
+Executable name (kern).
+.It Li core
+Path to core file (kern).
 .It Li device
 Device ID.
 .It Li devclass
@@ -496,11 +500,16 @@
 .Bl -tag -width ".Sy Subsystem" -compact
 .It Sy Subsystem
 .It Li power
-Information about the state of the system.
 .Bl -tag -width ".li resume" -compact
 .It Sy Type
 .It Li resume
 Notification that the system has woken from the suspended state.
+.El
+.It Li signal
+.Bl -tag -width ".li resume" -compact
+.It Sy Type
+.It Li coredump
+Notification that a process has crashed and dumped core.
 .El
 .El
 .Pp
Index: sys/kern/kern_sig.c
===================================================================
--- sys/kern/kern_sig.c
+++ sys/kern/kern_sig.c
@@ -3641,8 +3641,15 @@
 	}
 	devctl_safe_quote_sb(sb, name);
 	sbuf_printf(sb, "\"");
-	if (sbuf_finish(sb) == 0)
+	if (sbuf_finish(sb) == 0) {
+		devctl_notify("kern", "signal", "coredump", sbuf_data(sb));
+		/*
+		 * The one below is for backwards compatibility;
+		 * it got renamed at some point to avoid using both
+		 * "kern" and "kernel".
+		 */
 		devctl_notify("kernel", "signal", "coredump", sbuf_data(sb));
+	}
 out2:
 	sbuf_delete(sb);
 out: