-.\" $OpenBSD: pkill.1,v 1.23 2013/07/16 00:07:52 schwarze Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: pkill.1,v 1.24 2018/08/31 15:56:42 naddy Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: pkill.1,v 1.8 2003/02/14 15:59:18 grant Exp $
.\"
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-.Dd $Mdocdate: July 16 2013 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: August 31 2018 $
.Dt PKILL 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
If any
.Ar pattern
operands are specified, they are used as
-regular expressions to match the command name
+extended regular expressions to match the command name
or, if
.Fl f
is specified, the full argument list of each process.