2 files changed, 14 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/bin/pkill/pkill.1 b/bin/pkill/pkill.1
index 22b67bfd354c..725f27eff849 100644
--- a/bin/pkill/pkill.1
+++ b/bin/pkill/pkill.1
@@ -179,9 +179,10 @@ command.
 Restrict matches to processes associated with a terminal in the
 comma-separated list
 .Ar tty .
-The 
-.Pa /dev/
-prefix of the terminal names must be omitted.
+Terminal names may be of the form
+.Pa tty Ns Ar xx
+or the shortened form
+.Ar xx .
 A single dash
 .Pq Ql -
 matches processes not associated with a terminal.
diff --git a/bin/pkill/pkill.c b/bin/pkill/pkill.c
index 649e7b7aae21..da8fbcdf749d 100644
--- a/bin/pkill/pkill.c
+++ b/bin/pkill/pkill.c
@@ -675,16 +675,18 @@ makelist(struct listhead *head, enum listtype type, char *src)
 			}
 
 			snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), _PATH_DEV "%s", cp);
+			if (stat(buf, &st) != -1)
+				goto foundtty;
 
-			if (stat(buf, &st) == -1) {
-				if (errno == ENOENT) {
-					errx(STATUS_BADUSAGE,
-					    "No such tty: `%s'", sp);
-				}
-				err(STATUS_ERROR, "Cannot access `%s'", sp);
-			}
+			snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), _PATH_DEV "tty%s", cp);
+			if (stat(buf, &st) != -1)
+				goto foundtty;
+
+			if (errno == ENOENT)
+				errx(STATUS_BADUSAGE, "No such tty: `%s'", sp);
+			err(STATUS_ERROR, "Cannot access `%s'", sp);
 
-			if ((st.st_mode & S_IFCHR) == 0)
+foundtty:		if ((st.st_mode & S_IFCHR) == 0)
 				errx(STATUS_BADUSAGE, "Not a tty: `%s'", sp);
 
 			li->li_number = st.st_rdev;