diff --git a/docs/docbook/devdoc/vfs.xml b/docs/docbook/devdoc/vfs.xml
index 04bebaba95e..966db9583ad 100644
--- a/docs/docbook/devdoc/vfs.xml
+++ b/docs/docbook/devdoc/vfs.xml
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ static void free_example_privates(void **datap)
 	SAFE_FREE(data->some_string);
 	SAFE_FREE(data);
 	
-	datap = NULL;
+	*datap = NULL;
 	
 	return;
 }
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ static int example_connect(vfs_handle_struct *handle,
 	 * we need to specify a free_function because we used malloc() and strdup().
 	 * (return -1 if something failed.)
 	 */
-	SMB_VFS_HANDLE_SET_DATA(handle, data, NULL, struct example_privates, return -1);
+	SMB_VFS_HANDLE_SET_DATA(handle, data, free_example_privates, struct example_privates, return -1);
 
 	return SMB_VFS_NEXT_CONNECT(handle,conn,service,user);
 }