diff --git a/src/lib/elementary/efl_config_global.eo b/src/lib/elementary/efl_config_global.eo
index 621cc70cd6..83edbeefe1 100644
--- a/src/lib/elementary/efl_config_global.eo
+++ b/src/lib/elementary/efl_config_global.eo
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class Efl.Config.Global (Efl.Object, Efl.Config)
             is_user: bool; [[$true to lookup for a user profile or $false for
                              a system one.]]
          }
-         return: own(stringshare); [[Directory of the profile]]
+         return: own(string); [[Directory of the profile, free after use.]]
       }
       profile_derived_add @protected {
          [[Add a new profile of the given name to be derived from the current
diff --git a/src/lib/elementary/elm_config.c b/src/lib/elementary/elm_config.c
index a931b1d9d6..1961983d28 100644
--- a/src/lib/elementary/elm_config.c
+++ b/src/lib/elementary/elm_config.c
@@ -937,6 +937,7 @@ _elm_config_profile_dir_get(const char *prof,
 
    _elm_config_user_dir_snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "config/%s", prof);
 
+   // See elm_config_profile_dir_free: always use strdup+free
    if (ecore_file_is_dir(buf))
      return strdup(buf);
 
@@ -945,6 +946,7 @@ _elm_config_profile_dir_get(const char *prof,
 not_user:
    snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s/config/%s", _elm_data_dir, prof);
 
+   // See elm_config_profile_dir_free: always use strdup+free
    if (ecore_file_is_dir(buf))
      return strdup(buf);
 
@@ -2793,6 +2795,7 @@ elm_config_profile_dir_get(const char *profile,
 EAPI void
 elm_config_profile_dir_free(const char *p_dir)
 {
+   // Don't change this: EO relies on free() to be used.
    free((void *)p_dir);
 }