<p>The <code>WINCH</code> or <code>graceful-stop</code> signal causes
the parent process to <em>advise</em> the children to exit after
their current request (or to exit immediately if they're not
- serving anything). The parent will then remove it's <directive
+ serving anything). The parent will then remove its <directive
module="mpm_common">PidFile</directive> and cease listening on
all ports. The parent will continue to run, and monitor children
which are handling requests. Once all children have finalised
and exited or the timeout specified by the <directive
module="mpm_common">GracefulShutdownTimeout</directive> has been
- reached, the parent will also exit.</p>
+ reached, the parent will also exit. If the timeout is reached,
+ any remaining children will be sent the <code>TERM</code> signal
+ to force them to exit.</p>
<p>A <code>TERM</code> signal will immediately terminate the
parent process and all children when in the "graceful" state. However