1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/callproc.c b/src/callproc.c
index b5b8cadeb68..9528c9644d8 100644
--- a/src/callproc.c
+++ b/src/callproc.c
@@ -1637,16 +1637,16 @@ syms_of_callproc (void)
   staticpro (&Vtemp_file_name_pattern);
 
   DEFVAR_LISP ("shell-file-name", Vshell_file_name,
-               doc: /* *File name to load inferior shells from.
+               doc: /* File name to load inferior shells from.
 Initialized from the SHELL environment variable, or to a system-dependent
 default if SHELL is not set.  */);
 
   DEFVAR_LISP ("exec-path", Vexec_path,
-               doc: /* *List of directories to search programs to run in subprocesses.
+               doc: /* List of directories to search programs to run in subprocesses.
 Each element is a string (directory name) or nil (try default directory).  */);
 
   DEFVAR_LISP ("exec-suffixes", Vexec_suffixes,
-               doc: /* *List of suffixes to try to find executable file names.
+               doc: /* List of suffixes to try to find executable file names.
 Each element is a string.  */);
   Vexec_suffixes = Qnil;