diff --git a/blog/2022/08/julia-1.8-highlights.md b/blog/2022/08/julia-1.8-highlights.md
index f63731e9b7..dfe036dea6 100644
--- a/blog/2022/08/julia-1.8-highlights.md
+++ b/blog/2022/08/julia-1.8-highlights.md
@@ -200,7 +200,12 @@ First, an immediate stacktrace will print, followed by the report after the prof
 Here, the signal is sent shortly after executing the `sleep`. (stacktraces have been cut short for brevity)
 
 ```julia
+julia> getpid()
+123456
+
 julia> sleep(5)
+# hit ctrl-t on MacOS or FreeBSD
+# or run `kill -s SIGUSR1 123456` for Linux, `kill -s SIGINFO 123456` for macOS/BSD in another terminal
 load: 2.82  cmd: julia 32246 waiting 37.66u 8.33s
 
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