diff --git a/pages/common/kill.md b/pages/common/kill.md
index 3e92f92d3f..8a8fcb39ef 100644
--- a/pages/common/kill.md
+++ b/pages/common/kill.md
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
 
 `kill -l`
 
+- Terminate a background job:
+
+`kill %{{job_id}}`
+
 - Terminate a program using the SIGHUP (hang up) signal. Many daemons will reload instead of terminating:
 
 `kill -{{1|HUP}} {{process_id}}`