diff --git a/usr.bin/tmux/format-draw.c b/usr.bin/tmux/format-draw.c
index b6389006561..95480882c1f 100644
--- a/usr.bin/tmux/format-draw.c
+++ b/usr.bin/tmux/format-draw.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: format-draw.c,v 1.30 2025/12/04 20:49:57 nicm Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: format-draw.c,v 1.31 2026/04/02 09:35:46 nicm Exp $ */
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2019 Nicholas Marriott <nicholas.marriott@gmail.com>
@@ -1116,7 +1116,7 @@ format_width(const char *expanded)
 /*
  * Trim on the left, taking #[] into account.  Note, we copy the whole set of
  * unescaped #s, but only add their escaped size to width. This is because the
- * format_draw function will actually do the escaping when it runs
+ * format_draw function will actually do the escaping.
  */
 char *
 format_trim_left(const char *expanded, u_int limit)
diff --git a/usr.bin/tmux/format.c b/usr.bin/tmux/format.c
index d0db7c86406..5c31e93e22f 100644
--- a/usr.bin/tmux/format.c
+++ b/usr.bin/tmux/format.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: format.c,v 1.351 2026/04/02 09:28:22 nicm Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: format.c,v 1.352 2026/04/02 09:35:46 nicm Exp $ */
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2011 Nicholas Marriott <nicholas.marriott@gmail.com>
@@ -5325,6 +5325,7 @@ done:
 		if (marker != NULL && strcmp(new, value) != 0) {
 			free(value);
 			xasprintf(&value, "%s%s", new, marker);
+			free(new);
 		} else {
 			free(value);
 			value = new;
@@ -5335,6 +5336,7 @@ done:
 		if (marker != NULL && strcmp(new, value) != 0) {
 			free(value);
 			xasprintf(&value, "%s%s", marker, new);
+			free(new);
 		} else {
 			free(value);
 			value = new;