Are you sure you are using /bin/kill? Some shells (including bash and dash) have a builtin kill command which do not support -L.
** Changed in: procps (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1065972 Title: Man page of command "kill" is wrong To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/procps/+bug/1065972/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs