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diff --git a/lib/xmalloc.c b/lib/xmalloc.c
index 2bec260c..369d4201 100644
--- a/lib/xmalloc.c
+++ b/lib/xmalloc.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
/*
* BIRD Library -- malloc() With Checking
*
- * (c) 1998--1999 Martin Mares <mj@ucw.cz>
+ * (c) 1998--2000 Martin Mares <mj@ucw.cz>
*
* Can be freely distributed and used under the terms of the GNU GPL.
*/
@@ -13,6 +13,16 @@
#ifndef HAVE_LIBDMALLOC
+/**
+ * xmalloc - malloc with checking
+ * @size: block size
+ *
+ * This function is equivalent to malloc() except that in case of
+ * failure it calls die() to quit the program instead of returning
+ * a %NULL pointer.
+ *
+ * Whereever possible, please use the memory resources instead.
+ */
void *
xmalloc(unsigned size)
{