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diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 b/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3
index 328ee1a..65173cf 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3
+++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3
@@ -117,8 +117,9 @@ is returned and
the memory referenced by
.Fa ptr
is valid and unchanged.
-If memory can be allocated, a pointer to the newly allocated portion of
-the memory is returned.
+If memory can be allocated, the memory referenced by
+.Fa ptr
+is freed and a pointer to the newly allocated memory is returned.
Note that this may be different from the value
passed as
.Fa ptr .
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