diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/release/3.0.1 b/winsup/cygwin/release/3.0.1
index ae6e03ea6..fd6595b98 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/release/3.0.1
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/release/3.0.1
@@ -11,3 +11,6 @@ Bug Fixes
 
 - Relax fork child permissions to avoid a potential fork failure.
   Addresses: https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2019-02/msg00234.html
+
+- Fix Command-line argument handling of kill(1) in terms of negative PID.
+  Addresses: report on IRC
diff --git a/winsup/utils/kill.cc b/winsup/utils/kill.cc
index 768ac44e7..a22d70253 100644
--- a/winsup/utils/kill.cc
+++ b/winsup/utils/kill.cc
@@ -251,7 +251,10 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 	  break;
 	case '?':
 	  if (gotasig) /* this is a negative pid, go ahead */
-	    goto out;
+	    {
+	      --optind;
+	      goto out;
+	    }
 	  optreset = 1;
 	  optind = 1 + av - argv;
 	  gotasig = *av + 1;