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diff --git a/lib/xalloc.h b/lib/xalloc.h
index c9508e580..c7986f510 100644
--- a/lib/xalloc.h
+++ b/lib/xalloc.h
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@
# define ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN __attribute__ ((__noreturn__))
# endif
-/* Exit value when the requested amount of memory is not available.
- It is initialized to EXIT_FAILURE, but the caller may set it to
- some other value. */
-extern int xalloc_exit_failure;
-
/* If this pointer is non-zero, run the specified function upon each
allocation failure. It is initialized to zero. */
extern void (*xalloc_fail_func) (void);
@@ -46,7 +41,8 @@ extern void (*xalloc_fail_func) (void);
extern char const xalloc_msg_memory_exhausted[];
/* This function is always triggered when memory is exhausted. It is
- in charge of honoring the three previous items. This is the
+ in charge of honoring the two previous items. It exits with status
+ exit_failure (defined in exitfail.h). This is the
function to call when one wants the program to die because of a
memory allocation failure. */
extern void xalloc_die (void) ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN;