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-rw-r--r--docs/libcurl/curl_getenv.37
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_getenv.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_getenv.3
index fab2e5e73..37a5979a7 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/curl_getenv.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_getenv.3
@@ -18,10 +18,9 @@ will instead be made "available" by source code access only, and then as
curlx_getenv().
.SH RETURN VALUE
If successful, curl_getenv() returns a pointer to the value of the specified
-environment. The memory it refers to is malloc()ed why the application must
-free() this when the data has completed to serve its purpose. When
-.I curl_getenv(3)
-fails to find the specified name, it returns a null pointer.
+environment. The memory it refers to is malloc()ed so the application must
+free() this when the data is no longer needed. When \fIcurl_getenv(3)\fP fails
+to find the specified name, it returns a null pointer.
.SH NOTE
Under unix operating systems, there isn't any point in returning an allocated
memory, although other systems won't work properly if this isn't done. The