.I ares_free_hostent
function frees a
.B struct hostent
-allocated by one of the functions \fIares_parse_a_reply(3)\fP or
-\fIares_parse_ptr_reply(3)\fP.
+allocated by one of the functions \fIares_parse_a_reply(3)\fP,
+\fIares_parse_aaaa_reply(3)\fP, or \fIares_parse_ptr_reply(3)\fP.
.SH NOTES
It is not necessary (and is not correct) to free the host structure passed to
the callback functions for \fIares_gethostbyname(3)\fP or
host structures when the callback returns.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR ares_parse_a_reply (3),
+.BR ares_parse_aaaa_reply (3),
.BR ares_parse_ptr_reply (3)
.SH AUTHOR
Greg Hudson, MIT Information Systems