2 files changed, 30 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/include/git2/deprecated.h b/include/git2/deprecated.h
index e5e56edae..5f020b399 100644
--- a/include/git2/deprecated.h
+++ b/include/git2/deprecated.h
@@ -524,6 +524,30 @@ typedef int GIT_CALLBACK(git_headlist_cb)(git_remote_head *rhead, void *payload)
 
 /**@}*/
 
+/** @name Deprecated String Array Functions
+ *
+ * These types are retained for backward compatibility.  The newer
+ * versions of these values should be preferred in all new code.
+ *
+ * There is no plan to remove these backward compatibility values at
+ * this time.
+ */
+/**@{*/
+
+/**
+ * Free the memory referred to by the git_strarray.  This is an alias of
+ * `git_strarray_dispose` and is preserved for backward compatibility.
+ *
+ * This function is deprecated, but there is no plan to remove this
+ * function at this time.
+ *
+ * @deprecated Use git_strarray_dispose
+ * @see git_strarray_dispose
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(void) git_strarray_free(git_strarray *array);
+
+/**@}*/
+
 /** @name Deprecated Options Initialization Functions
  *
  * These functions are retained for backward compatibility.  The newer
diff --git a/include/git2/strarray.h b/include/git2/strarray.h
index 86fa25f3f..0f657e6c5 100644
--- a/include/git2/strarray.h
+++ b/include/git2/strarray.h
@@ -25,20 +25,16 @@ typedef struct git_strarray {
 } git_strarray;
 
 /**
- * Close a string array object
- *
- * This method should be called on `git_strarray` objects where the strings
- * array is allocated and contains allocated strings, such as what you
- * would get from `git_strarray_copy()`.  Not doing so, will result in a
- * memory leak.
+ * Free the strings contained in a string array.  This method should
+ * be called on `git_strarray` objects that were provided by the
+ * library.  Not doing so, will result in a memory leak.
  *
  * This does not free the `git_strarray` itself, since the library will
- * never allocate that object directly itself (it is more commonly embedded
- * inside another struct or created on the stack).
+ * never allocate that object directly itself.
  *
- * @param array git_strarray from which to free string data
+ * @param array The git_strarray that contains strings to free
  */
-GIT_EXTERN(void) git_strarray_free(git_strarray *array);
+GIT_EXTERN(void) git_strarray_dispose(git_strarray *array);
 
 /**
  * Copy a string array object from source to target.