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<term><option>--kill-signal=</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Specify the process signal to send to the
- container's PID 1 when nspawn itself receives SIGTERM, in
- order to trigger an orderly shutdown of the
- container. Defaults to SIGRTMIN+3 if <option>--boot</option>
- is used (on systemd-compatible init systems SIGRTMIN+3
- triggers an orderly shutdown). For a list of valid signals, see
- <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>signal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Specify the process signal to send to the container's PID 1 when nspawn itself receives
+ <constant>SIGTERM</constant>, in order to trigger an orderly shutdown of the container. Defaults to
+ <constant>SIGRTMIN+3</constant> if <option>--boot</option> is used (on systemd-compatible init systems
+ <constant>SIGRTMIN+3</constant> triggers an orderly shutdown). If <option>--boot</option> is not used and this
+ option is not specified the container's processes are terminated abrubtly via <constant>SIGKILL</constant>. For
+ a list of valid signals, see <citerefentry
+ project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>signal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem>
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