diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index c0ec95d..2593151 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.5.208
+1.5.209
diff --git a/tcltk/tclnetgen.c b/tcltk/tclnetgen.c
index 6446ae2..f933bb8 100644
--- a/tcltk/tclnetgen.c
+++ b/tcltk/tclnetgen.c
@@ -2066,6 +2066,7 @@ _netcmp_format(ClientData clientData,
 	Tcl_WrongNumArgs(interp, 1, objv, "[col1_width [col2_width]]");
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
+    return TCL_OK;
 }
 
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