diff --git a/man2/kill.2 b/man2/kill.2
index b77f4d30d..b7a35fd65 100644
--- a/man2/kill.2
+++ b/man2/kill.2
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ to any of the target processes.
 .B ESRCH
 The process or process group does not exist.
 Note that an existing process might be a zombie,
-a process which already committed termination, but
+a process that has terminated execution, but
 has not yet been
 .BR wait (2)ed
 for.