clarify wording of actor termination phase

jeffreyji666 · Jul 5, 2013 · d6e3e71 · d6e3e71
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diff --git a/akka-docs/rst/java/untyped-actors.rst b/akka-docs/rst/java/untyped-actors.rst
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ depends on the mailbox implementation.
 
 Termination of an actor proceeds in two steps: first the actor suspends its
 mailbox processing and sends a stop command to all its children, then it keeps
-processing the termination messages from its children until the last one is
+processing the internal termination notifications from its children until the last one is
 gone, finally terminating itself (invoking :meth:`postStop`, dumping mailbox,
 publishing :class:`Terminated` on the :ref:`DeathWatch <deathwatch-java>`, telling
 its supervisor). This procedure ensures that actor system sub-trees terminate

diff --git a/akka-docs/rst/scala/actors.rst b/akka-docs/rst/scala/actors.rst
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ depends on the mailbox implementation.
 
 Termination of an actor proceeds in two steps: first the actor suspends its
 mailbox processing and sends a stop command to all its children, then it keeps
-processing the termination messages from its children until the last one is
+processing the internal termination notifications from its children until the last one is
 gone, finally terminating itself (invoking :meth:`postStop`, dumping mailbox,
 publishing :class:`Terminated` on the :ref:`DeathWatch <deathwatch-scala>`, telling
 its supervisor). This procedure ensures that actor system sub-trees terminate