=item kill()
C<kill('KILL', ...)> can be used to terminate a pseudo-process by
-passing it the ID returned by fork(). This should not be used except
+passing it the ID returned by fork(). The outcome of kill on a pseudo-process
+is unpredictable and it should not be used except
under dire circumstances, because the operating system may not
guarantee integrity of the process resources when a running thread is
-terminated. Note that using C<kill('KILL', ...)> on a
+terminated. The process which implements the pseudo-processes can be blocked
+and the Perl interpreter hangs. Note that using C<kill('KILL', ...)> on a
pseudo-process() may typically cause memory leaks, because the thread
that implements the pseudo-process does not get a chance to clean up
its resources.
=back
+=head1 PORTABILITY CAVEATS
+
+In portable Perl code, C<kill(9, $child)> must not be used on forked processes.
+Killing a forked process is unsafe and have unpredictable results.
+See L</kill()>, above.
+
=head1 BUGS
=over 8