diff --git a/backport-Fix-poptFreeContext-return-type-in-the-man-page.patch b/backport-Fix-poptFreeContext-return-type-in-the-man-page.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..55125960560979d96c43f5785fdc97f095b7d55f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backport-Fix-poptFreeContext-return-type-in-the-man-page.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+From 7a5e1d54f183f40374e43003e978de3df29b4635 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Panu Matilainen <pmatilai@redhat.com>
+Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 12:12:17 +0300
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix poptFreeContext() return type in the man page
+
+poptFreeContext() has returned explicit NULL since forever (at least
+popt 1.13, didn't bother checking earlier)
+---
+ popt.3 | 6 +++---
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/popt.3 b/popt.3
+index 8b8f10f..39b07c9 100644
+--- a/popt.3
++++ b/popt.3
+@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ popt \- Parse command line options
+ .BI "                           const struct poptOption * " options ,
+ .BI "                           unsigned int " flags );
+ .sp
+-.BI "void poptFreeContext(poptContext " con );
++.BI "poptContext poptFreeContext(poptContext " con );
+ .sp
+ .BI "void poptResetContext(poptContext " con );
+ .sp
+@@ -350,14 +350,14 @@ When argument processing is complete, the process should free the
+ .BR poptContext " as it contains dynamically allocated components. The "
+ .BR poptFreeContext() " function takes a " 
+ .BR poptContext " as its sole argument and frees the resources the "
+-context is using.
++context is using. It always returns NULL for convenience.
+ .sp
+ .RB "Here are the prototypes of both " poptResetContext() " and "
+ .BR poptFreeContext() :
+ .sp
+ .nf
+ .B #include <popt.h>
+-.BI "void poptFreeContext(poptContext " con ");"
++.BI "poptContext poptFreeContext(poptContext " con ");"
+ .BI "void poptResetContext(poptContext " con ");"
+ .fi
+ .sp
diff --git a/popt.spec b/popt.spec
index 9add433c376f9a5e635bd19bdb5a8e7b2bb2f8b9..0bbc557f05ddd292c16241f10077ce250b6ad7ef 100644
--- a/popt.spec
+++ b/popt.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:		popt
 Version:	1.19
-Release:        4
+Release:        5
 Summary:	C library for parsing command line parameters
 License:	MIT
 URL:		https://github.com/rpm-software-management/popt/
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Patch3: 	fix-coverity-CID-1057440-Unused-pointer-value-UNUSED.patch
 Patch4:         Fix-poptCallbackType-documentation.patch 
 Patch5:         Fix-multiple-typos-in-comments.patch 
 Patch6:         Fix-potential-double-free-in-test3.c.patch 
+Patch7:         backport-Fix-poptFreeContext-return-type-in-the-man-page.patch
 
 Patch9000:      revert-fix-memory-leak-regressions-in-popt.patch
 
@@ -71,6 +72,9 @@ mkdir -p %{buildroot}/%{_sysconfdir}/popt.d
 %{_mandir}/man3/*
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jul 22 2025 liuzhilin <liuzhilin@kylinos.cn> - 1.19-5
+- backport Fix poptFreeContext() return type in the man page
+
 * Fri Aug 16 2024 zhangxingrong <zhangxingrong@uniontech.cn> - 1.19-4
 - Fix poptCallbackType documentation
 - Fix multiple typos in comments