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diff --git a/man/start-stop-daemon.8 b/man/start-stop-daemon.8
index b2b1048e..3a250a6b 100644
--- a/man/start-stop-daemon.8
+++ b/man/start-stop-daemon.8
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd August 20, 2008
+.Dd September 22, 2008
.Dt START-STOP-DAEMON 8 SMM
.Os OpenRC
.Sh NAME
@@ -74,16 +74,6 @@ The
we start or stop.
If this option is not specified, then the first non option argument
is used.
-If the
-.Ar daemon
-is a script and you are not using the pidfile or process name options,
-then you should replace
-.Ar daemon
-with the interpreter and pass
-.Ar daemon
-as an argument. Below is an example:
-.Pp
-start-stop-daemon perl -- /usr/bin/daemon.pl
.It Fl p , -pidfile Ar pidfile
When starting, we expect the daemon to create a valid
.Ar pidfile
@@ -176,6 +166,9 @@ to stop or signal.
.Xr getopt 3 ,
.Xr nice 2 ,
.Xr rc_find_pids 3
+.Sh BUGS
+.Nm
+cannot stop an interperted daemon that no longer exists without a pidfile.
.Sh HISTORY
.Nm
first appeared in Debian.