diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_unescape.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_unescape.3
index 92500b8967..68cf6ee8c7 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_unescape.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_unescape.3
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ if(curl) {
     /* ... */
     curl_free(decoded);
   }
+  curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
 }
 .fi
 .SH AVAILABILITY