diff --git a/man2/kill.2 b/man2/kill.2
index fd80e50ef..8936ea8d7 100644
--- a/man2/kill.2
+++ b/man2/kill.2
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ process group of the current process.
 .PP
 If \fIpid\fP equals \-1, then \fIsig\fP is sent to every process
 for which the calling process has permission to send signals,
-except for process 1 (init), but see below.
+except for process 1 (\fIinit\fP), but see below.
 .PP
 If \fIpid\fP is less than \-1, then \fIsig\fP is sent to every process
 in the process group \fI\-pid\fP.