diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index c827309..859bee4 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -1193,6 +1193,9 @@
  * .cpuinit.data => __cpudata
  * .memexitconst => __memconst
  * etc.
+ *
+ * The memory of returned value has been allocated on a heap. The user of this
+ * method should free it after usage.
 */
 static char *sec2annotation(const char *s)
 {
@@ -1215,7 +1218,7 @@
 			strcat(p, "data ");
 		else
 			strcat(p, " ");
-		return r; /* we leak her but we do not care */
+		return r;
 	} else {
 		return "";
 	}