diff --git a/usr.sbin/makemandb/apropos-utils.c b/usr.sbin/makemandb/apropos-utils.c
index 52ec1b109105..b32cc53aed6f 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/makemandb/apropos-utils.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/makemandb/apropos-utils.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: apropos-utils.c,v 1.44 2019/05/18 07:56:43 abhinav Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: apropos-utils.c,v 1.45 2019/06/07 16:43:58 leot Exp $	*/
 /*-
  * Copyright (c) 2011 Abhinav Upadhyay <er.abhinav.upadhyay@gmail.com>
  * All rights reserved.
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
-__RCSID("$NetBSD: apropos-utils.c,v 1.44 2019/05/18 07:56:43 abhinav Exp $");
+__RCSID("$NetBSD: apropos-utils.c,v 1.45 2019/06/07 16:43:58 leot Exp $");
 
 #include <sys/queue.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ generate_search_query(query_args *args, const char *snippet_args[3])
 
 RETURN:
 	sqlite3_free(machine_clause);
-	sqlite3_free(section_clause);
+	free(section_clause);
 	sqlite3_free(limit_clause);
 	return query;
 }