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diff --git a/pod/perlipc.pod b/pod/perlipc.pod
index 6b1f2ab335..030463c7a0 100644
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@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ values are "inherited" by functions called from within that block.)
}
Sending a signal to a negative process ID means that you send the signal
-to the entire Unix process-group. This code send a hang-up signal to all
-processes in the current process group I<except for> the current process
-itself:
+to the entire Unix process-group. This code sends a hang-up signal to all
+processes in the current process group (and sets $SIG{HUP} to IGNORE so
+it doesn't kill itself):
{
local $SIG{HUP} = 'IGNORE';