diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 865f6109..6e67b3c8 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ pwdx: new command -- thanks Nicholas Miell
 ps: more room for some columns
 watch: passes COLUMNS and LINES in environment
 top: in batch mode, tolerate unknown $TERM -- thanks Daniel Walsh
+pkill: quiet about processes that die before kill()
 
 procps-3.2.2 --> procps-3.2.3
 
diff --git a/pgrep.c b/pgrep.c
index 681b9626..cf6ced95 100644
--- a/pgrep.c
+++ b/pgrep.c
@@ -614,9 +614,10 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 	if (i_am_pkill) {
 		int i;
 		for (i = 1; i <= procs[0].num; i++) {
-			if (kill (procs[i].num, opt_signal) == -1)
-				fprintf (stderr, "pkill: %ld - %s\n",
-					 procs[i].num, strerror (errno));
+			if (kill (procs[i].num, opt_signal) != -1) continue;
+			if (errno==ESRCH) continue; // gone now, which is OK
+			fprintf (stderr, "pkill: %ld - %s\n",
+				 procs[i].num, strerror (errno));
 		}
 	} else {
 		if (opt_long)