diff --git a/man3/getline.3 b/man3/getline.3
index fb230f313..e9e7172e2 100644
--- a/man3/getline.3
+++ b/man3/getline.3
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 .\" Formatted or processed versions of this manual, if unaccompanied by
 .\" the source, must acknowledge the copyright and authors of this work.
 .\" License.
-.TH GETLINE 3  2009-12-05 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH GETLINE 3  2010-06-12 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 getline, getdelim \- delimited string input
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -156,8 +156,7 @@ main(void)
         printf("%s", line);
     }
 
-    if (line)
-        free(line);
+    free(line);
     exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 }
 .fi