diff --git a/pkg/process/process.go b/pkg/process/process.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..73078765de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/process/process.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package process
+
+import "fmt"
+
+// Alive returns true if process with a given pid is running.
+//
+// It only considers positive PIDs; 0 (all processes in the current process
+// group), -1 (all processes with a PID larger than 1), and negative (-n,
+// all processes in process group "n") values for pid are never considered
+// to be alive.
+func Alive(pid int) bool {
+	if pid < 1 {
+		return false
+	}
+	return alive(pid)
+}
+
+// Kill force-stops a process. It only allows positive PIDs; 0 (all processes
+// in the current process group), -1 (all processes with a PID larger than 1),
+// and negative (-n, all processes in process group "n") values for pid producs
+// an error. Refer to [KILL(2)] for details.
+//
+// [KILL(2)]: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/kill.2.html
+func Kill(pid int) error {
+	if pid < 1 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid PID (%d): only positive PIDs are allowed", pid)
+	}
+	return kill(pid)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/process/process_unix.go b/pkg/process/process_unix.go
index 13298bbdcc..43eabb5794 100644
--- a/pkg/process/process_unix.go
+++ b/pkg/process/process_unix.go
@@ -14,17 +14,10 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
 
-// Alive returns true if process with a given pid is running. It only considers
-// positive PIDs; 0 (all processes in the current process group), -1 (all processes
-// with a PID larger than 1), and negative (-n, all processes in process group
-// "n") values for pid are never considered to be alive.
-func Alive(pid int) bool {
-	if pid < 1 {
-		return false
-	}
+func alive(pid int) bool {
 	switch runtime.GOOS {
 	case "darwin":
-		// OS X does not have a proc filesystem. Use kill -0 pid to judge if the
+		// macOS does not have a proc filesystem. Use kill -0 pid to judge if the
 		// process exists. From KILL(2): https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=kill&sektion=2&manpath=OpenDarwin+7.2.1
 		//
 		// Sig may be one of the signals specified in sigaction(2) or it may
@@ -41,16 +34,7 @@ func Alive(pid int) bool {
 	}
 }
 
-// Kill force-stops a process. It only considers positive PIDs; 0 (all processes
-// in the current process group), -1 (all processes with a PID larger than 1),
-// and negative (-n, all processes in process group "n") values for pid are
-// ignored. Refer to [KILL(2)] for details.
-//
-// [KILL(2)]: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/kill.2.html
-func Kill(pid int) error {
-	if pid < 1 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("invalid PID (%d): only positive PIDs are allowed", pid)
-	}
+func kill(pid int) error {
 	err := unix.Kill(pid, unix.SIGKILL)
 	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, unix.ESRCH) {
 		return err
diff --git a/pkg/process/process_windows.go b/pkg/process/process_windows.go
index 2dd57e8254..ba11f8199c 100644
--- a/pkg/process/process_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/process/process_windows.go
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/sys/windows"
 )
 
-// Alive returns true if process with a given pid is running.
-func Alive(pid int) bool {
+func alive(pid int) bool {
 	h, err := windows.OpenProcess(windows.PROCESS_QUERY_LIMITED_INFORMATION, false, uint32(pid))
 	if err != nil {
 		return false
@@ -32,8 +31,7 @@ func Alive(pid int) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
-// Kill force-stops a process.
-func Kill(pid int) error {
+func kill(pid int) error {
 	p, err := os.FindProcess(pid)
 	if err == nil {
 		err = p.Kill()