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@@ -487,6 +487,27 @@ caption = Subcommands
 
 			Sending SIGHUP causes the running dss process to reload its config file.
 		[/help]
+	[option wait]
+		short_opt = w
+		summary = wait until the signalled process has terminated
+		[help]
+			This option is handy for system shutdown scripts which would like
+			to terminate the dss daemon process.
+
+			Without --wait the dss process which executes the kill subcommand
+			exits right after the kill(2) system call returns. At this point the
+			signalled process might still be alive (even if SIGKILL was sent).
+			If --wait is given, the process waits until the signalled process
+			has terminated or the timeout expires.
+
+			If --wait is not given, the kill subcommand exits successfully if
+			and only if the signal was sent (i.e., if there exists another dss
+			process to receive the signal). With --wait it exits successfully
+			if, additionally, the signalled process has terminated before the
+			timeout expires.
+
+			It makes only sense to use the option for signals which terminate dss.
+		[/help]
 [subcommand configtest]
 	purpose = run a configuration file syntax test
 	[description]