--- libev/ev.pod	2007/11/27 19:23:31	1.51
+++ libev/ev.pod	2007/11/27 19:41:52	1.52
@@ -117,13 +117,13 @@
 
 See the description of C<ev_embed> watchers for more info.
 
-=item ev_set_allocator (void *(*cb)(void *ptr, long size))
+=item ev_set_allocator (void *(*cb)(void *ptr, size_t size))
 
-Sets the allocation function to use (the prototype is similar to the
-realloc C function, the semantics are identical). It is used to allocate
-and free memory (no surprises here). If it returns zero when memory
-needs to be allocated, the library might abort or take some potentially
-destructive action. The default is your system realloc function.
+Sets the allocation function to use (the prototype and semantics are
+identical to the realloc C function). It is used to allocate and free
+memory (no surprises here). If it returns zero when memory needs to be
+allocated, the library might abort or take some potentially destructive
+action. The default is your system realloc function.
 
 You could override this function in high-availability programs to, say,
 free some memory if it cannot allocate memory, to use a special allocator,
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
 retries: better than mine).
 
    static void *
-   persistent_realloc (void *ptr, long size)
+   persistent_realloc (void *ptr, size_t size)
    {
      for (;;)
        {