1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/networking/ping.c b/networking/ping.c
index cdfb297e9..e70bb7e72 100644
--- a/networking/ping.c
+++ b/networking/ping.c
@@ -66,8 +66,9 @@
 //config:       default y
 //config:       depends on PING || PING6
 //config:       help
-//config:       Make the output from the ping applet include statistics, and at the
-//config:       same time provide full support for ICMP packets.
+//config:       With this option off, ping will say "HOST is alive!"
+//config:       or terminate with SIGALRM in 5 seconds otherwise.
+//config:       No command-line options will be recognized.
 
 /* Needs socket(AF_INET, SOCK_RAW, IPPROTO_ICMP), therefore BB_SUID_MAYBE: */
 //applet:IF_PING(APPLET(ping, BB_DIR_BIN, BB_SUID_MAYBE))
@@ -236,8 +237,6 @@ static void ping4(len_and_sockaddr *lsa)
                                 break;
                 }
         }
-        if (ENABLE_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP)
-                close(pingsock);
 }
 
 #if ENABLE_PING6
@@ -280,8 +279,6 @@ static void ping6(len_and_sockaddr *lsa)
                                 break;
                 }
         }
-        if (ENABLE_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP)
-                close(pingsock);
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -331,6 +328,8 @@ static int common_ping_main(sa_family_t af, char **argv)
         else
 #endif
                 ping4(lsa);
+        if (ENABLE_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP)
+                close(pingsock);
         printf("%s is alive!\n", G.hostname);
         return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }