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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
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@@ -16594,7 +16594,10 @@ from the terminal (like Ctrl-C for example)
@end enumerate
Note in this mode of operation, any children of @var{command}
-will not be timed out.
+will not be timed out. Also SIGCONT will not be sent to @var{command},
+as it's generally not needed with foreground processes, and can
+cause intermittent signal delivery issues with programs that are monitors
+themselves (like GDB for example).
@item -k @var{duration}
@itemx --kill-after=@var{duration}