diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'man3/regex.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | man3/regex.3 | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/man3/regex.3 b/man3/regex.3 index e91504986..d91acc19d 100644 --- a/man3/regex.3 +++ b/man3/regex.3 @@ -232,12 +232,12 @@ is filled in with the first .I "errbuf_size \- 1" characters of the error message and a terminating null byte (\[aq]\e0\[aq]). .SS Freeing -Supplying .BR regfree () -with a precompiled pattern buffer, -.IR preg , -will free the memory allocated to the pattern buffer by the compiling -process, +deinitializes the pattern buffer at +.IR *preg , +freeing any associated memory; +.I *preg +must have been initialized via .BR regcomp (). .SH RETURN VALUE .BR regcomp () |