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diff --git a/string.c b/string.c
index bb631201..b3c28dab 100644
--- a/string.c
+++ b/string.c
@@ -135,6 +135,20 @@ __must_check __printf_1_2 __malloc char *make_message(const char *fmt, ...)
 	return msg;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Free the content of a pointer and set it to \p NULL.
+ *
+ * This is equivalent to "free(*arg); *arg = NULL;".
+ *
+ * \param arg The pointer whose content should be freed.
+ */
+void freep(void *arg)
+{
+	void **ptr = (void **)arg;
+	free(*ptr);
+	*ptr = NULL;
+}
+
 /**
  * Paraslash's version of strcat().
  *
@@ -386,7 +400,9 @@ int for_each_line_ro(char *buf, size_t size, line_handler_t *line_handler,
 		private_data);
 }
 
+/** Return the hex characters of the lower 4 bits. */
 #define hex(a) (hexchar[(a) & 15])
+
 static void write_size_header(char *buf, int n)
 {
 	static char hexchar[] = "0123456789abcdef";
@@ -398,6 +414,17 @@ static void write_size_header(char *buf, int n)
 	buf[4] = ' ';
 }
 
+/**
+ * Read a four-byte hex-number and return its value.
+ *
+ * Each status item sent by para_server is prefixed with such a hex number in
+ * ASCII which describes the size of the status item.
+ *
+ * \param buf The buffer which must be at least four bytes long.
+ *
+ * \return The value of the hex number on success, \p -E_SIZE_PREFIX if the
+ * buffer did not contain only hex digits.
+ */
 int read_size_header(const char *buf)
 {
 	int i, len = 0;
@@ -736,6 +763,17 @@ err:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Compile a regular expression.
+ *
+ * This simple wrapper calls regcomp() and logs a message on errors.
+ *
+ * \param preg See regcomp(3).
+ * \param regex See regcomp(3).
+ * \param cflags See regcomp(3).
+ *
+ * \return Standard.
+ */
 int para_regcomp(regex_t *preg, const char *regex, int cflags)
 {
 	char *buf;