diff --git a/share/man/man9/signal.9 b/share/man/man9/signal.9
index c788a3bc31ed..6dffc667d8ae 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/signal.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/signal.9
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: signal.9,v 1.2 2002/07/09 14:05:29 wiz Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: signal.9,v 1.3 2002/07/28 22:18:52 manu Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1996, 2002 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 .Ft void
 .Fn postsig "int signum"
 .Ft void
-.Fn killproc "struct proc *p" "char *why"
+.Fn killproc "struct proc *p" "const char *why"
 .Ft void
 .Fn sigexit "struct proc *p" "int signum"
 .Ft int
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ is to terminate the process, and the signal does not have
 a registered handler, the process exits using
 .Fn sigexit ,
 dumping a core image if necessary.
-.It void Fn killproc "struct proc *p" "char *why"
+.It void Fn killproc "struct proc *p" "const char *why"
 .Pp
 This function sends a SIGKILL signal to the specified process.  The
 message provided by
diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_sig.c b/sys/kern/kern_sig.c
index e5f13731f561..08a00353cf9d 100644
--- a/sys/kern/kern_sig.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_sig.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: kern_sig.c,v 1.121 2002/07/04 23:32:14 thorpej Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: kern_sig.c,v 1.122 2002/07/28 22:18:51 manu Exp $	*/
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
-__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: kern_sig.c,v 1.121 2002/07/04 23:32:14 thorpej Exp $");
+__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: kern_sig.c,v 1.122 2002/07/28 22:18:51 manu Exp $");
 
 #include "opt_ktrace.h"
 #include "opt_compat_sunos.h"
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ __KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: kern_sig.c,v 1.121 2002/07/04 23:32:14 thorpej Exp $
 #include <uvm/uvm_extern.h>
 
 static void	proc_stop(struct proc *p);
-void		killproc(struct proc *, char *);
 static int	build_corename(struct proc *, char [MAXPATHLEN]);
 sigset_t	contsigmask, stopsigmask, sigcantmask;
 
@@ -1307,7 +1306,7 @@ postsig(int signum)
  * Kill the current process for stated reason.
  */
 void
-killproc(struct proc *p, char *why)
+killproc(struct proc *p, const char *why)
 {
 
 	log(LOG_ERR, "pid %d was killed: %s\n", p->p_pid, why);
diff --git a/sys/sys/signalvar.h b/sys/sys/signalvar.h
index 5d306ced9136..cf00fadce364 100644
--- a/sys/sys/signalvar.h
+++ b/sys/sys/signalvar.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: signalvar.h,v 1.33 2002/07/04 23:32:15 thorpej Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: signalvar.h,v 1.34 2002/07/28 22:18:51 manu Exp $	*/
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 1991, 1993
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ void	psignal1 __P((struct proc *p, int sig, int dolock));
 void	siginit __P((struct proc *p));
 void	trapsignal __P((struct proc *p, int sig, u_long code));
 void	sigexit __P((struct proc *, int));
+void	killproc __P((struct proc *, const char *));
 void	setsigvec __P((struct proc *, int, struct sigaction *));
 int	killpg1 __P((struct proc *, int, int, int));