diff --git a/bin/pkill/pkill.1 b/bin/pkill/pkill.1
index 44df82f1e53b..2946565f55e6 100644
--- a/bin/pkill/pkill.1
+++ b/bin/pkill/pkill.1
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 .\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
 .\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd June 5, 2017
+.Dd December 1, 2018
 .Dt PKILL 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ This option is valid only when given as the first argument to
 .Pp
 If any
 .Ar pattern
-operands are specified, they are used as regular expressions to match
+operands are specified, they are used as extended regular expressions to match
 the command name or full argument list of each process.
 If the
 .Fl f