diff --git a/libavutil/common.h b/libavutil/common.h
index ab69eafda2..60885aa159 100644
--- a/libavutil/common.h
+++ b/libavutil/common.h
@@ -354,6 +354,11 @@ void av_free(void *ptr);
 
 void *av_mallocz(unsigned int size);
 char *av_strdup(const char *s);
+
+/**
+ * Frees memory and sets the pointer to NULL.
+ * @param arg pointer to the pointer which should be freed
+ */
 void av_freep(void *ptr);
 
 #endif /* COMMON_H */
diff --git a/libavutil/mem.c b/libavutil/mem.c
index 6a13d0e0c0..a91ac4a07b 100644
--- a/libavutil/mem.c
+++ b/libavutil/mem.c
@@ -122,10 +122,6 @@ void av_free(void *ptr)
 #endif
 }
 
-/**
- * Frees memory and sets the pointer to NULL.
- * @param arg pointer to the pointer which should be freed
- */
 void av_freep(void *arg)
 {
     void **ptr= (void**)arg;