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<refentry id="systemd.kill">
<refentryinfo>
group and the control group continues to exist after stop
unless it is empty.</para>
- <para>Processes will first be terminated via
- <constant>SIGTERM</constant> (unless the signal to send is
- changed via <varname>KillSignal=</varname>). Optionally, this
- is immediately followed by a <constant>SIGHUP</constant> (if
- enabled with <varname>SendSIGHUP=</varname>). If then, after a
- delay (configured via the <varname>TimeoutStopSec=</varname>
- option), processes still remain, the termination request is
- repeated with the <constant>SIGKILL</constant> signal or the
- signal specified via <varname>FinalKillSignal=</varname> (unless
- this is disabled via the <varname>SendSIGKILL=</varname>
- option). See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for more information.</para>
-
- <para>Defaults to
- <option>control-group</option>.</para></listitem>
+ <para>Processes will first be terminated via <constant>SIGTERM</constant> (unless the signal to send
+ is changed via <varname>KillSignal=</varname>). Optionally, this is immediately followed by a
+ <constant>SIGHUP</constant> (if enabled with <varname>SendSIGHUP=</varname>). If processes still
+ remain after the main process of a unit has exited or the delay configured via the
+ <varname>TimeoutStopSec=</varname> has passed, the termination request is repeated with the
+ <constant>SIGKILL</constant> signal or the signal specified via <varname>FinalKillSignal=</varname>
+ (unless this is disabled via the <varname>SendSIGKILL=</varname> option). See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry> for more
+ information.</para>
+
+ <para>Defaults to <option>control-group</option>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<constant>SIGKILL</constant> (or the signal specified by
<varname>FinalKillSignal=</varname>) to remaining processes
after a timeout, if the normal shutdown procedure left
- processes of the service around. Takes a boolean value.
- Defaults to "yes".
+ processes of the service around. When disabled, a
+ <varname>KillMode=</varname> of <constant>control-group</constant>
+ or <constant>mixed</constant> service will not restart if
+ processes from prior services exist within the control group.
+ Takes a boolean value. Defaults to "yes".
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>