diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ae264a1a8..de32cb3d5 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ Any uppercase BUG_* names are modernish shell bug IDs.
 
 - Fixed another corner case bug in the 'test'/'[' command.
 
+- A memory leak was fixed in the --man self-documentation options
+  of built-in commands.
+
 2022-03-05:
 
 - The 'enum' command can now create more than one type per invocation.
diff --git a/src/cmd/ksh93/tests/leaks.sh b/src/cmd/ksh93/tests/leaks.sh
index 287ba62c1..05d8040b1 100755
--- a/src/cmd/ksh93/tests/leaks.sh
+++ b/src/cmd/ksh93/tests/leaks.sh
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ DO
 DONE
 
 # ======
-TEST title='showing --man info' known=y url=https://github.com/ksh93/ksh/issues/407
+TEST title='showing --man info'
 DO
 	set --man 2>/dev/null
 	ulimit --man 2>/dev/null
diff --git a/src/lib/libast/misc/optget.c b/src/lib/libast/misc/optget.c
index c0ba75b36..d0c4b07d5 100644
--- a/src/lib/libast/misc/optget.c
+++ b/src/lib/libast/misc/optget.c
@@ -2157,6 +2157,7 @@ textout(Sfio_t* sp, register char* s, char* conform, int conformlen, int style,
 								break;
 						}
 					}
+					pop(psp);
 					return s;
 				}
 				s++;