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diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/heart.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/heart.xml
index 3ec33d2f18..a424d2978e 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/heart.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/heart.xml
@@ -78,6 +78,16 @@
<pre>
% <input>erl -heart -env ERL_CRASH_DUMP_SECONDS 10 ...</input></pre>
+
+ <p> If a regular core dump is wanted, let heart know by setting the kill signal to abort
+ using the environment variable <c><![CDATA[HEART_KILL_SIGNAL=SIGABRT]]></c>.
+ If unset, or not set to <c><![CDATA[SIGABRT]]></c>, the default behaviour will be a kill
+ signal using <c><![CDATA[SIGKILL]]></c>.
+ </p>
+
+ <pre>
+% <input>erl -heart -env HEART_KILL_SIGNAL SIGABRT ...</input></pre>
+
<p>
Furthermore, <c><![CDATA[ERL_CRASH_DUMP_SECONDS]]></c> has the following behaviour on
<c>heart</c>: