diff --git a/Doc/library/concurrent.futures.rst b/Doc/library/concurrent.futures.rst
index dd7f1e38357130..52aa16f38e3d91 100644
--- a/Doc/library/concurrent.futures.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/concurrent.futures.rst
@@ -419,11 +419,12 @@ to a :class:`ProcessPoolExecutor` will result in deadlock.
 
       Attempt to terminate all living worker processes immediately by sending
       each of them the given signal. If the signal is not specified, the default
-      signal :data:`signal.SIGTERM` is used.
+      signal :data:`signal.SIGTERM` is used. Internally, it will also call
+      :meth:`Executor.shutdown` to ensure that all other resources associated with
+      the executor are freed.
 
       After calling this method the caller should no longer submit tasks to the
-      executor. It is also recommended to still call :meth:`Executor.shutdown`
-      to ensure that all other resources associated with the executor are freed.
+      executor.
 
       .. versionadded:: next
 
diff --git a/Lib/concurrent/futures/process.py b/Lib/concurrent/futures/process.py
index f6f2337246890f..60c1fcd72e3009 100644
--- a/Lib/concurrent/futures/process.py
+++ b/Lib/concurrent/futures/process.py
@@ -870,10 +870,18 @@ def terminate_workers(self, signal=signal.SIGTERM):
             signal: The signal to send to each worker process. Defaults to
                 signal.SIGTERM.
         """
-        if not self._processes:
+        processes = {}
+        if self._processes:
+            processes = self._processes.copy()
+
+        # shutdown will invalidate ._processes, so we copy it right before calling.
+        # If we waited here, we would deadlock if a process decides not to exit.
+        self.shutdown(wait=False, cancel_futures=True)
+
+        if not processes:
             return
 
-        for pid, proc in self._processes.items():
+        for pid, proc in processes.items():
             try:
                 if not proc.is_alive():
                     continue
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures/test_process_pool.py b/Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures/test_process_pool.py
index 54c23dd5629545..ed10b9356be0ac 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures/test_process_pool.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures/test_process_pool.py
@@ -251,7 +251,9 @@ def test_process_pool_executor_terminate_workers_dead_workers(self):
             # Patching in here instead of at the function level since we only want
             # to patch it for this function call, not other parts of the flow.
             with unittest.mock.patch('concurrent.futures.process.os.kill') as mock_kill:
-                executor.terminate_workers()
+                with unittest.mock.patch.object(executor, 'shutdown') as mock_shutdown:
+                    executor.terminate_workers()
+                    mock_shutdown.assert_called_once_with(wait=False, cancel_futures=True)
 
             mock_kill.assert_not_called()
 
@@ -269,8 +271,7 @@ def test_process_pool_executor_terminate_workers_stops_pool(self):
 
             executor.terminate_workers()
 
-            future = executor.submit(time.sleep, 0)
-            self.assertRaises(BrokenProcessPool, future.result)
+            self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, executor.submit, time.sleep, 0)
 
     @unittest.mock.patch('concurrent.futures.process.os.kill')
     def test_process_pool_executor_terminate_workers_passes_signal(self, mock_kill):
@@ -278,9 +279,9 @@ def test_process_pool_executor_terminate_workers_passes_signal(self, mock_kill):
             future = executor.submit(time.sleep, 0)
             future.result()
 
+            worker_process = list(executor._processes.values())[0]
             executor.terminate_workers(signal.SIGABRT)
 
-            worker_process = list(executor._processes.values())[0]
             mock_kill.assert_called_once_with(worker_process.pid, signal.SIGABRT)
 
     def test_process_pool_executor_terminate_workers_passes_even_bad_signals(self):