std: Child::kill() returns error if process has already exited

This patch makes it clear in std::process::Child::kill()'s API
documentation that an error is returned if the child process has
already cleanly exited.  This is implied by the example, but not
called out explicitly.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/libstd/process.rs b/src/libstd/process.rs
index 92e9f48f7eb..b3cb8d745b4 100644
--- a/src/libstd/process.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/process.rs
@@ -1121,8 +1121,9 @@ impl ExitCode {
 }
 
 impl Child {
-    /// Forces the child to exit. This is equivalent to sending a
-    /// SIGKILL on unix platforms.
+    /// Forces the child process to exit.  If the child has already exited, an error is returned.
+    ///
+    /// This is equivalent to sending a SIGKILL on Unix platforms.
     ///
     /// # Examples
     ///