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-.TH ARES_FREE_STRING 3 "4 January 2000"
+.TH ARES_FREE_STRING 3 "4 February 2004"
.SH NAME
ares_free_string \- Free strings allocated by ares functions
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <ares.h>
.PP
-.B void ares_free_string(char *\fIstr\fP)
+.B void ares_free_string(void *\fIstr\fP)
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.I ares_free_string
-function frees a string allocated by the
-.I ares_mkquery
-function.
+function frees a string allocated by an ares function.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR ares_mkquery (3)
+.BR ares_expand_string (3)
.SH AUTHOR
Greg Hudson, MIT Information Systems
.br