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-rw-r--r--Documentation/lei-daemon-kill.pod29
-rw-r--r--Documentation/lei-overview.pod8
2 files changed, 33 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/lei-daemon-kill.pod b/Documentation/lei-daemon-kill.pod
index 7fb0fb25..48c237b8 100644
--- a/Documentation/lei-daemon-kill.pod
+++ b/Documentation/lei-daemon-kill.pod
@@ -8,7 +8,30 @@ lei daemon-kill [-SIGNAL | -s SIGNAL | --signal SIGNAL]
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-Send a signal to the lei-daemon.  C<SIGNAL> defaults to C<TERM>.
+Send a signal to the L<lei-daemon(8)>.  C<SIGNAL> defaults to C<TERM>.
+
+This command should be run after updating the code of lei.
+
+=head1 SIGNALS
+
+=over 8
+
+=item SIGTERM
+
+Send a graceful termination signal.  L<lei-daemon(8)> will exit
+when all currently running lei commands are done.  The listen
+socket will be released as soon as the signal is processed
+so another L<lei-daemon(8)> process can take its place.
+
+=item SIGKILL
+
+Kills L<lei-daemon(8)> immediately.  Some worker processes may
+remain running after a short while after this takes effect.
+
+=back
+
+=for comment
+SIGQUIT and SIGINT currently do what SIGTERM do, may change...
 
 =head1 CONTACT
 
@@ -19,10 +42,10 @@ L<http://4uok3hntl7oi7b4uf4rtfwefqeexfzil2w6kgk2jn5z2f764irre7byd.onion/meta/>
 
 =head1 COPYRIGHT
 
-Copyright 2021 all contributors L<mailto:meta@public-inbox.org>
+Copyright all contributors L<mailto:meta@public-inbox.org>
 
 License: AGPL-3.0+ L<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt>
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
-L<lei-daemon-pid(1)>
+L<lei-daemon-pid(1)>, L<lei-daemon(8)>
diff --git a/Documentation/lei-overview.pod b/Documentation/lei-overview.pod
index 40a7b0aa..bb2fe50f 100644
--- a/Documentation/lei-overview.pod
+++ b/Documentation/lei-overview.pod
@@ -131,6 +131,12 @@ C<contrib/completion/>.  Contributions adding support for other
 shells, as well as improvements to the existing Bash completion, are
 welcome.
 
+=head1 UPGRADING
+
+Since lei runs as a daemon, L<lei-daemon-kill(1)> is required to kill
+the daemon so it can load new code.  It will be restarted with the
+next invocation of any lei command.
+
 =head1 CONTACT
 
 Feedback welcome via plain-text mail to L<mailto:meta@public-inbox.org>
@@ -140,6 +146,6 @@ L<http://4uok3hntl7oi7b4uf4rtfwefqeexfzil2w6kgk2jn5z2f764irre7byd.onion/meta/>
 
 =head1 COPYRIGHT
 
-Copyright 2021 all contributors L<mailto:meta@public-inbox.org>
+Copyright all contributors L<mailto:meta@public-inbox.org>
 
 License: AGPL-3.0+ L<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt>