diff --git a/reference/event/eventhttpconnection/setclosecallback.xml b/reference/event/eventhttpconnection/setclosecallback.xml
index 93039c11fc..f653bd9dbf 100644
--- a/reference/event/eventhttpconnection/setclosecallback.xml
+++ b/reference/event/eventhttpconnection/setclosecallback.xml
@@ -128,12 +128,16 @@ function _http_default($req, $dummy)
     58:php     15057 ruslan  7u  IPv4             125189   0t0     TCP *:4242 (LISTEN)
     59:php     15057 ruslan  8u  IPv4             124342   0t0     TCP localhost:4242->localhost:37375 (CLOSE_WAIT)
 
-    where $PID is our process ID. 
+    where $PID is our process ID.
 
     The following block of code fixes such kind of orphaned connections.
      */
     $bev = $req->getBufferEvent();
     $bev->enable(Event::READ);
+    // We have to free it explicitly. See ]]>
+    <methodname>EventHttpRequest::getConnection</methodname>
+<![CDATA[
+    $bev->free(); // we have to free it explicitly
 
     $req->addHeader(
         'Content-Type',
diff --git a/reference/event/eventhttprequest/getbufferevent.xml b/reference/event/eventhttprequest/getbufferevent.xml
index 39500fce9a..d8127595be 100644
--- a/reference/event/eventhttprequest/getbufferevent.xml
+++ b/reference/event/eventhttprequest/getbufferevent.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,16 @@
    <classname>EventBufferEvent</classname>
    object which represents buffer event that the connection is using.
   </para>
+  <warning>
+   <para>
+    The reference counter of the returned object will be incremented by one to
+    protect internal structures against premature destruction when the method
+    is called from a user callback. So the
+    <classname>EventBufferEvent</classname> object should be freed explicitly
+    with <methodname>EventBufferEvent::free</methodname> method.
+    Otherwise memory will leak.
+   </para>
+  </warning>
  </refsect1>
  <refsect1 role="parameters">
   &reftitle.parameters;