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diff --git a/man/sd_bus_new.xml b/man/sd_bus_new.xml
index e1cab6e567..d281b5dd44 100644
--- a/man/sd_bus_new.xml
+++ b/man/sd_bus_new.xml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
<refname>sd_bus_new</refname>
<refname>sd_bus_ref</refname>
<refname>sd_bus_unref</refname>
+ <refname>sd_bus_unrefp</refname>
<refpurpose>Create a new bus object and create or destroy references to it</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
@@ -68,6 +69,11 @@
<funcdef>sd_bus *<function>sd_bus_unref</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>sd_bus *<parameter>bus</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
+
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>void <function>sd_bus_unrefp</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>sd_bus **<parameter>bus</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
</funcsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
@@ -93,14 +99,40 @@
only allocate a bus object but also start the connection to a
well-known bus in a single function invocation.</para>
- <para><function>sd_bus_ref()</function> creates a new reference to
- <parameter>bus</parameter>.</para>
+ <para><function>sd_bus_ref()</function> increases the reference
+ counter of <parameter>bus</parameter> by one.</para>
- <para><function>sd_bus_unref()</function> destroys a reference to
- <parameter>bus</parameter>. Once the reference count has dropped
- to zero, <parameter>bus</parameter> cannot be used anymore, so
- further calls to <function>sd_bus_ref()</function> or
+ <para><function>sd_bus_unref()</function> decreases the reference
+ counter of <parameter>bus</parameter> by one. Once the reference
+ count has dropped to zero, <parameter>bus</parameter> is destroyed
+ and cannot be used anymore, so further calls to
+ <function>sd_bus_ref()</function> or
<function>sd_bus_unref()</function> are illegal.</para>
+
+ <para><function>sd_bus_unrefp()</function> is similar to
+ <function>sd_bus_unref()</function> but takes a pointer to a
+ pointer to an <type>sd_bus</type> object. This call is useful in
+ conjunction with GCC's and LLVM's <ulink
+ url="https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Common-Variable-Attributes.html">Clean-up
+ Variable Attribute</ulink>. Note that this function is defined as
+ inline function. Use a declaration like the following, in order to
+ allocate a bus object that is freed automatically as the code
+ block is left:</para>
+
+ <programlisting>{
+ __attribute__((cleanup(sd_bus_unrefp)) sd_bus *bus = NULL;
+ int r;
+ …
+ r = sd_bus_default(&amp;bus);
+ if (r &lt; 0)
+ fprintf(stderr, "Failed to allocate bus: %s\n", strerror(-r));
+ …
+}</programlisting>
+
+ <para><function>sd_bus_ref()</function>,
+ <function>sd_bus_unref()</function> and
+ <function>sd_bus_unrefp()</function> execute no operation if the
+ passed in bus object is <constant>NULL</constant>.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
@@ -110,10 +142,10 @@
positive integer. On failure, it returns a negative errno-style
error code.</para>
- <para><function>sd_bus_ref</function> always returns the argument.
+ <para><function>sd_bus_ref()</function> always returns the argument.
</para>
- <para><function>sd_bus_unref</function> always returns
+ <para><function>sd_bus_unref()</function> always returns
<constant>NULL</constant>.</para>
</refsect1>