1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/alloc.c b/src/alloc.c
index 4cb0ae04664..16b004fc0e9 100644
--- a/src/alloc.c
+++ b/src/alloc.c
@@ -6413,7 +6413,7 @@ void
 syms_of_alloc (void)
 {
   DEFVAR_INT ("gc-cons-threshold", gc_cons_threshold,
-              doc: /* *Number of bytes of consing between garbage collections.
+              doc: /* Number of bytes of consing between garbage collections.
 Garbage collection can happen automatically once this many bytes have been
 allocated since the last garbage collection.  All data types count.
 
@@ -6424,7 +6424,7 @@ prevent garbage collection during a part of the program.
 See also `gc-cons-percentage'.  */);
 
   DEFVAR_LISP ("gc-cons-percentage", Vgc_cons_percentage,
-               doc: /* *Portion of the heap used for allocation.
+               doc: /* Portion of the heap used for allocation.
 Garbage collection can happen automatically once this portion of the heap
 has been allocated since the last garbage collection.
 If this portion is smaller than `gc-cons-threshold', this is ignored.  */);