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-rw-r--r--manual/stdio.texi3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/manual/stdio.texi b/manual/stdio.texi
index e4278b7a32..c471209134 100644
--- a/manual/stdio.texi
+++ b/manual/stdio.texi
@@ -2357,7 +2357,8 @@ make_message (char *name, char *value)
@{
/* @r{Reallocate buffer now that we know
how much space is needed.} */
- buffer = (char *) xrealloc (buffer, nchars + 1);
+ size = nchars + 1;
+ buffer = (char *) xrealloc (buffer, size);
if (buffer != NULL)
/* @r{Try again.} */