diff --git a/changes/bug11275 b/changes/bug11275
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b9b019ff49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug11275
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+  o Minor bugfixes:
+    - Fix a minor memory leak that occurred when signing a directory
+      object. Fixes bug 11275; bugfix on 0.2.4.13-alpha.
diff --git a/src/or/routerparse.c b/src/or/routerparse.c
index 9e772ad21e..422278a5f8 100644
--- a/src/or/routerparse.c
+++ b/src/or/routerparse.c
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ router_get_dirobj_signature(const char *digest,
 
 /** Helper: used to generate signatures for routers, directories and
  * network-status objects.  Given a digest in <b>digest</b> and a secret
- * <b>private_key</b>, generate an PKCS1-padded signature, BASE64-encode it,
+ * <b>private_key</b>, generate a PKCS1-padded signature, BASE64-encode it,
  * surround it with -----BEGIN/END----- pairs, and write it to the
  * <b>buf_len</b>-byte buffer at <b>buf</b>.  Return 0 on success, -1 on
  * failure.
@@ -703,6 +703,7 @@ router_append_dirobj_signature(char *buf, size_t buf_len, const char *digest,
     return -1;
   }
   memcpy(buf+s_len, sig, sig_len+1);
+  tor_free(sig);
   return 0;
 }