1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/docs/ipv4_ipv6.txt b/docs/ipv4_ipv6.txt
index e83db0dbd..92010b59c 100644
--- a/docs/ipv4_ipv6.txt
+++ b/docs/ipv4_ipv6.txt
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ Modified IPv6-aware C code:
     int error;
 
     /* Get host address. Any type of address will do. */
-    bzero(&hints, sizeof(hints));
+    memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(hints));
     hints.ai_flags = AI_ALL|AI_ADDRCONFIG;
     hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;