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+.TH PDEATH 1 PDEATH
+.SH NAME
+pdeath \- Run a command that is killed when its parent exits
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B pdeath
+\fIsignal\fP[(\fB+\fP|\fB-\fP)\fIoff\fP]
+.I command
+.RI [ argument ]...
+.P
+.B pdeath
+.B -L
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B pdeath
+runs the select command with the parent death signal set to
+.I signal
+plus or minus
+.IR off .
+This means that the process receives this signal when its
+parent process dies.
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+.B \-L
+List all signals.
+.SH LIMITATIONS
+.B pdeath
+cannot be used on binaries with set-user-ID or set-group-ID set.
+.SH AUTHORS
+Principal author, Mattias Andrée. See the LICENSE file for the full
+list of authors.
+.SH LICENSE
+ISC License.
+.SH BUGS
+Please report bugs to https://github.com/maandree/pdeath/issues or to
+maandree@kth.se