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diff --git a/diff.h b/diff.h
index 2ff2b1c7f2..527fb56d85 100644
--- a/diff.h
+++ b/diff.h
@@ -49,7 +49,17 @@
  * - Once you finish feeding the pairs of files, call `diffcore_std()`.
  * This will tell the diffcore library to go ahead and do its work.
  *
- * - Calling `diff_flush()` will produce the output.
+ * - Calling `diff_flush()` will produce the output, it will call
+ *   `diff_free()` to free any resources, e.g. those allocated in
+ *   `diff_opt_parse()`.
+ *
+ * - Set `.no_free = 1` before calling `diff_flush()` to defer the
+ *   freeing of allocated memory in diff_options. This is useful when
+ *   `diff_flush()` is being called in a loop, rather than as a
+ *   one-off. When setting `.no_free = 1` you must ensure that
+ *   `diff_free()` is called at the end, either by flipping the flag
+ *   before the last `diff_flush()` call, or by flipping it before
+ *   calling `diff_free()` yourself.
  */
 
 struct combine_diff_path;
@@ -365,6 +375,8 @@ struct diff_options {
 
 	struct repository *repo;
 	struct option *parseopts;
+
+	int no_free;
 };
 
 unsigned diff_filter_bit(char status);
@@ -559,6 +571,7 @@ void diffcore_fix_diff_index(void);
 
 int diff_queue_is_empty(void);
 void diff_flush(struct diff_options*);
+void diff_free(struct diff_options*);
 void diff_warn_rename_limit(const char *varname, int needed, int degraded_cc);
 
 /* diff-raw status letters */