diff --git a/libselinux/man/man3/selinux_getpolicytype.3 b/libselinux/man/man3/selinux_getpolicytype.3
index c947e2cd..b219d421 100644
--- a/libselinux/man/man3/selinux_getpolicytype.3
+++ b/libselinux/man/man3/selinux_getpolicytype.3
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ Reads the contents of the
 .I /etc/selinux/config
 file to determine the SELinux policy used on the system, and sets
 .I \%policytype
-accordinly.
+accordingly. Free
+.I \%policytype
+with
+.BR free (3).
 .
 .SH "RETURN VALUE"
 On success, zero is returned.