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diff --git a/bin/pkill/pkill.1 b/bin/pkill/pkill.1
--- a/bin/pkill/pkill.1
+++ b/bin/pkill/pkill.1
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd October 5, 2020
+.Dd June 24, 2025
.Dt PKILL 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -71,12 +71,17 @@
.Nm pgrep
command searches the process table on the running system and prints the
process IDs of all processes that match the criteria given on the command
-line.
+line, excluding itself and all direct ancestors unless the
+.Fl a
+option is specified.
.Pp
The
.Nm pkill
command searches the process table on the running system and signals all
-processes that match the criteria given on the command line.
+processes that match the criteria given on the command line, excluding itself
+and all direct ancestors unless the
+.Fl a
+option is specified.
.Pp
The following options are available:
.Bl -tag -width ".Fl F Ar pidfile"
@@ -130,6 +135,16 @@
process and all of its ancestors are excluded (unless
.Fl v
is used).
+Note that the
+.Fl a
+option will not
+.Dq unhide
+the
+.Nm pgrep
+or
+.Nm pkill
+process itself, even with
+.Fl v .
.It Fl c Ar class
Restrict matches to processes running with specified login class
.Ar class .

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