diff --git a/lib/libgeom/libgeom.3 b/lib/libgeom/libgeom.3
index e1a3a35b7062..79977630c90d 100644
--- a/lib/libgeom/libgeom.3
+++ b/lib/libgeom/libgeom.3
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ that fetches the
 .Ar kern.geom.confxml
 OID, and returns it's value.
 The allocated memory should be released with
-.Xr free 2
+.Xr free 3
 after use.
 .Pp
 The