1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libc/stdio/setbuf.3 b/lib/libc/stdio/setbuf.3
index 0342149d2d16d..9fa1bed3c515d 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdio/setbuf.3
+++ b/lib/libc/stdio/setbuf.3
@@ -115,6 +115,11 @@ argument should point to a buffer at least
 .Fa size
 bytes long;
 this buffer will be used instead of the current buffer.
+If
+.Fa buf
+is not NULL, it is the caller's responsibility to
+.Xr free 3
+this buffer after closing the stream.
 (If the
 .Fa size
 argument