diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6956521e355a06ce71b601423358cb8f0f415add..31e50b7c93f91c503e23f2bf064f9fba907c7129 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -16,10 +16,15 @@ CVS code -
 	  New function print1opt does most of the dirty work, stops
 	  duplication of effort and eases translator's jobs.  Also
 	  breaks all the current translations ;-)
+- proto.h:
+	- Missing externs (Rocco).
 - rcfile.c:
   parse_rcfile()
 	- Don't use i for both for loop and atoi(), fixes lots of 
 	  potential crashes, 1st reported by Jean-Philippe Guérard.
+- search.c:
+  search_init()
+	- Fix a missing free (Rocco).
 - utils.c:
   stristr() - Defined regardless of NANO_SMALL (noticed by Jordi).
 - po/sv.po:
diff --git a/proto.h b/proto.h
index e7aa3e5f4192191244b3bfddb4283595c51d5c06..527527bb06b5d8755fc4d731ab6ed08f53e5b41c 100644
--- a/proto.h
+++ b/proto.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ extern int search_last_line;
 extern int currslen;
 
 #ifndef DISABLE_JUSTIFY
-char *quotestr;
+extern char *quotestr;
 #endif
 
 extern WINDOW *edit, *topwin, *bottomwin;
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ extern filestruct *open_files;
 #endif
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_COLOR
-colortype *colorstrings;
+extern colortype *colorstrings;
 #endif
 
 extern shortcut *shortcut_list;
diff --git a/search.c b/search.c
index 6d3064a9936884031ef0c335f9a8cad6978dbf9f..b96b214b6f222b4d8cdb539c68c068341086f37d 100644
--- a/search.c
+++ b/search.c
@@ -145,6 +145,9 @@ int search_init(int replacing)
 	replacing ? _(" (to replace)") : "",
 	buf);
 
+    /* Release buf now that we don't need it anymore */
+    free(buf);
+
     /* Cancel any search, or just return with no previous search */
     if ((i == -1) || (i < 0 && !last_search[0])) {
 	statusbar(_("Search Cancelled"));