doc: manpage: add signals section

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 .. include:: ../partials/options-unittests.rst

+SIGNALS
+-------
+
+Suricata will respond to the following signals:
+
+SIGUSR2
+    Causes Suricata to perform a live rule reload.
+
+SIGHUP
+    Causes Suricata to close and re-open all log files. This can be
+    used to re-open log files after they may have been moved away by
+    log rotation utilities.
+
 FILES AND DIRECTORIES
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