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1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlvms.pod b/pod/perlvms.pod
index 9854ff855a..d7ed2bca33 100644
--- a/pod/perlvms.pod
+++ b/pod/perlvms.pod
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ true, a warning message is printed, and C<undef> is returned.
=item kill
In most cases, C<kill> is implemented via the undocumented system
-service <$SIGPRC>, which has the same calling sequence as <$FORCEX>, but
+service C<$SIGPRC>, which has the same calling sequence as C<$FORCEX>, but
throws an exception in the target process rather than forcing it to call
C<$EXIT>. Generally speaking, C<kill> follows the behavior of the
CRTL's C<kill()> function, but unlike that function can be called from