1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3
index e65668566e..2f7e0c61b5 100644
--- a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3
+++ b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\"     $OpenBSD: malloc.3,v 1.20 2000/10/25 15:23:15 aaron Exp $
+.\"     $OpenBSD: malloc.3,v 1.21 2001/10/30 17:01:07 tdeval Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd August 27, 1996
 .Dt MALLOC 3
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ If the space is of
 or larger, the memory returned will be page-aligned.
 .Pp
 Allocation of a zero size object returns a pointer to a zero size object.
+This zero size object is access protected, so any access to it will
+generate an exception (SIGSEGV)
 .Pp
 The
 .Fn calloc