-.\" $OpenBSD: newsyslog.8,v 1.54 2017/07/20 18:39:16 jca Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: newsyslog.8,v 1.55 2024/04/22 14:16:14 jmc Exp $
.\"
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-.Dd $Mdocdate: July 20 2017 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: April 22 2024 $
.Dt NEWSYSLOG 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
to instead of
.Pa /var/run/syslog.pid .
.It Ar signal
-Specify the signal to send to the process instead of
+This optional field specifies the signal to send to the process instead of
.Dv SIGHUP .
Signal names
must start with