diff --git a/format-draw.c b/format-draw.c
index c8cb74b6..03fad05f 100644
--- a/format-draw.c
+++ b/format-draw.c
@@ -1116,7 +1116,7 @@ format_width(const char *expanded)
 /*
  * Trim on the left, taking #[] into account.  Note, we copy the whole set of
  * unescaped #s, but only add their escaped size to width. This is because the
- * format_draw function will actually do the escaping when it runs
+ * format_draw function will actually do the escaping.
  */
 char *
 format_trim_left(const char *expanded, u_int limit)
diff --git a/format.c b/format.c
index 3dadbf34..e30c67d8 100644
--- a/format.c
+++ b/format.c
@@ -5325,6 +5325,7 @@ done:
 		if (marker != NULL && strcmp(new, value) != 0) {
 			free(value);
 			xasprintf(&value, "%s%s", new, marker);
+			free(new);
 		} else {
 			free(value);
 			value = new;
@@ -5335,6 +5336,7 @@ done:
 		if (marker != NULL && strcmp(new, value) != 0) {
 			free(value);
 			xasprintf(&value, "%s%s", marker, new);
+			free(new);
 		} else {
 			free(value);
 			value = new;