4 files changed, 16 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/desktop.el b/lisp/desktop.el
index 33d7643d1b7..59610a128a3 100644
--- a/lisp/desktop.el
+++ b/lisp/desktop.el
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ DIRNAME omitted or nil means use `desktop-dirname'."
 ";; --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ;; Desktop File for Emacs
 ;; --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-" "*Header to place in Desktop file.")
+" "Header to place in Desktop file.")
 
 (defvar desktop-delay-hook nil
   "Hooks run after all buffers are loaded; intended for internal use.")
diff --git a/lisp/kermit.el b/lisp/kermit.el
index f6ed1fbda1c..ec5d91749c4 100644
--- a/lisp/kermit.el
+++ b/lisp/kermit.el
@@ -77,7 +77,13 @@
 
 (require 'shell)
 
-(defvar kermit-esc-char "\C-\\" "*Kermit's escape char.")
+(defgroup kermit nil
+  "Kermit support."
+  :group 'comm)
+
+(defcustom kermit-esc-char "\C-\\"
+  "Kermit's escape char."
+  :type 'string)
 
 (defun kermit-esc ()
   "For sending escape sequences to a kermit running in shell mode."
diff --git a/lisp/obsolete/cc-compat.el b/lisp/obsolete/cc-compat.el
index bbacd121135..8e9d9e72625 100644
--- a/lisp/obsolete/cc-compat.el
+++ b/lisp/obsolete/cc-compat.el
@@ -59,21 +59,21 @@
 
 ;; In case c-mode.el isn't loaded
 (defvar c-indent-level 2
-  "*Indentation of C statements with respect to containing block.")
+  "Indentation of C statements with respect to containing block.")
 ;;;###autoload(put 'c-indent-level 'safe-local-variable 'integerp)
 
 (defvar c-brace-imaginary-offset 0
-  "*Imagined indentation of a C open brace that actually follows a statement.")
+  "Imagined indentation of a C open brace that actually follows a statement.")
 (defvar c-brace-offset 0
-  "*Extra indentation for braces, compared with other text in same context.")
+  "Extra indentation for braces, compared with other text in same context.")
 (defvar c-argdecl-indent 5
-  "*Indentation level of declarations of C function arguments.")
+  "Indentation level of declarations of C function arguments.")
 (defvar c-label-offset -2
-  "*Offset of C label lines and case statements relative to usual indentation.")
+  "Offset of C label lines and case statements relative to usual indentation.")
 (defvar c-continued-statement-offset 2
-  "*Extra indent for lines not starting new statements.")
+  "Extra indent for lines not starting new statements.")
 (defvar c-continued-brace-offset 0
-  "*Extra indent for substatements that start with open-braces.
+  "Extra indent for substatements that start with open-braces.
 This is in addition to c-continued-statement-offset.")
 
 
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/dcl-mode.el b/lisp/progmodes/dcl-mode.el
index d5803c77bb4..864074fe191 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/dcl-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/dcl-mode.el
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ Preloaded with all known option names from dcl-option-alist")
 ;    ("GOSUB" (, (concat dcl-cmd-r
 ;                       "GOSUB[ \t]+\\([A-Za-z0-9_$]+\\)")) 5)
 ;    ("CALL" (, (concat dcl-cmd-r "CALL[ \t]+\\([A-Za-z0-9_$]+\\)")) 5)))
-;  "*Default imenu generic expression for DCL.
+;  "Default imenu generic expression for DCL.
 
 ;The default includes SUBROUTINE labels in the main listing and
 ;sub-listings for other labels, CALL, GOTO and GOSUB statements.