1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/eshell/esh-proc.el b/lisp/eshell/esh-proc.el
index d3dabbf04b5..96d8255a3ab 100644
--- a/lisp/eshell/esh-proc.el
+++ b/lisp/eshell/esh-proc.el
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ The signals which will cause this to happen are matched by
             (setq signum (abs (string-to-number id))))
            ((stringp id)
             (let (case-fold-search)
-              (if (string-match "^-\\([A-Z]+\\)$" id)
+              (if (string-match "^-\\([A-Z]+[12]?\\)$" id)
                   (setq signum
                         (intern (concat "SIG" (match-string 1 id))))
                 (error "kill: bad signal spec `%s'" id))))