1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/doc/ERR_get_error.pod b/src/lib/libcrypto/doc/ERR_get_error.pod
index 01e196c95f..460a79f3f6 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/doc/ERR_get_error.pod
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/doc/ERR_get_error.pod
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ and *B<flags>, unless these are B<NULL>. *B<data> contains a string
 if *B<flags>&B<ERR_TXT_STRING> is true.
 
 An application B<MUST NOT> free the *B<data> pointer (or any other pointers
-returned by these functions) with OPENSSL_free() as freeing is handled
+returned by these functions) with free() as freeing is handled
 automatically by the error library.
 
 =head1 RETURN VALUES