-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.386 2007/11/28 15:42:31 petere Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.387 2007/12/16 10:17:13 momjian Exp $ -->
<chapter Id="runtime">
<title>Operating System Environment</title>
</para>
<para>
- Alternatively, you can send the signal directly using <command>kill</>.
+ Alternatively, you can send the signal directly using <command>kill</>
+ (or <command>pg_ctl kill TERM [process id]</> on <productname>Windows</>).
The <acronym>PID</> of the <command>postgres</command> process can be
found using the <command>ps</command> program, or from the file
<filename>postmaster.pid</filename> in the data directory. For