Clarify lifetimes

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/pom.h b/pom.h
index ca90568..1cad0ca 100644
--- a/pom.h
+++ b/pom.h
@@ -156,12 +156,16 @@ POM__MUST_USE_R;
 ///
 /// This will be a string such as `"Duplicate key: foo.bar"`
 ///
+/// The returned pointer is valid until the error is freed.
+///
 /// See also \ref pom_error_print and \ref pom_error_to_string, which
 /// are probably actually what you want in most cases.
 const char *
 pom_error_message(const pom_error *error);
 
 /// Get the name of the file where this error occured.
+///
+/// The returned pointer is valid until \ref pom_conf_free is called.
 const char *
 pom_error_file(const pom_error *error);