Remove * characters from the front of variable docstrings.

3 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/language/ethio-util.el b/lisp/language/ethio-util.el
index e61645c10fc..90e649c574c 100644
--- a/lisp/language/ethio-util.el
+++ b/lisp/language/ethio-util.el
@@ -99,34 +99,34 @@
 ;;
 
 (defvar ethio-primary-language 'tigrigna
-  "*Symbol that defines the primary language in SERA --> FIDEL conversion.
+  "Symbol that defines the primary language in SERA --> FIDEL conversion.
 The value should be one of: `tigrigna', `amharic' or `english'.")
 
 (defvar ethio-secondary-language 'english
-  "*Symbol that defines the secondary language in SERA --> FIDEL conversion.
+  "Symbol that defines the secondary language in SERA --> FIDEL conversion.
 The value should be one of: `tigrigna', `amharic' or `english'.")
 
 (defvar ethio-use-colon-for-colon nil
-  "*Non-nil means associate ASCII colon with Ethiopic colon.
+  "Non-nil means associate ASCII colon with Ethiopic colon.
 If nil, associate ASCII colon with Ethiopic word separator, i.e., two
 vertically stacked dots.  All SERA <--> FIDEL converters refer this
 variable.")
 
 (defvar ethio-use-three-dot-question nil
-  "*Non-nil means associate ASCII question mark with Ethiopic old style question mark (three vertically stacked dots).
+  "Non-nil means associate ASCII question mark with Ethiopic old style question mark (three vertically stacked dots).
 If nil, associate ASCII question mark with Ethiopic stylized question
 mark.  All SERA <--> FIDEL converters refer this variable.")
 
 (defvar ethio-quote-vowel-always nil
-  "*Non-nil means always put an apostrophe before an isolated vowel (except at word initial) in FIDEL --> SERA conversion.
+  "Non-nil means always put an apostrophe before an isolated vowel (except at word initial) in FIDEL --> SERA conversion.
 If nil, put an apostrophe only between a 6th-form consonant and an
 isolated vowel.")
 
 (defvar ethio-W-sixth-always nil
-  "*Non-nil means convert the Wu-form of a 12-form consonant to \"W'\" instead of \"Wu\" in FIDEL --> SERA conversion.")
+  "Non-nil means convert the Wu-form of a 12-form consonant to \"W'\" instead of \"Wu\" in FIDEL --> SERA conversion.")
 
 (defvar ethio-numeric-reduction 0
-  "*Degree of reduction in converting Ethiopic digits into Arabic digits.
+  "Degree of reduction in converting Ethiopic digits into Arabic digits.
 Should be 0, 1 or 2.
 For example, ({10}{9}{100}{80}{7}) is converted into:
     `10`9`100`80`7  if `ethio-numeric-reduction' is 0,
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ For example, ({10}{9}{100}{80}{7}) is converted into:
     `10900807	    if `ethio-numeric-reduction' is 2.")
 
 (defvar ethio-java-save-lowercase nil
-  "*Non-nil means save Ethiopic characters in lowercase hex numbers to Java files.
+  "Non-nil means save Ethiopic characters in lowercase hex numbers to Java files.
 If nil, use uppercases.")
 
 (defun ethio-prefer-amharic-p ()
diff --git a/lisp/language/korea-util.el b/lisp/language/korea-util.el
index f8dfdf45d00..ee8ebb7b2e7 100644
--- a/lisp/language/korea-util.el
+++ b/lisp/language/korea-util.el
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
    (purecopy (if (string-match "3" (or (getenv "HANGUL_KEYBOARD_TYPE") ""))
       "3"
     ""))
-  "*The kind of Korean keyboard for Korean input method.
+   "The kind of Korean keyboard for Korean input method.
 \"\" for 2, \"3\" for 3.")
 
 ;; functions useful for Korean text input
diff --git a/lisp/language/tibet-util.el b/lisp/language/tibet-util.el
index 66795201f7f..f6dd15bf222 100644
--- a/lisp/language/tibet-util.el
+++ b/lisp/language/tibet-util.el
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ See also docstring of the function tibetan-compose-region."
 	))))
 
 (defvar tibetan-strict-unicode t
-  "*Flag to control Tibetan canonicalizing for Unicode.
+  "Flag to control Tibetan canonicalizing for Unicode.
 
 If non-nil, the vowel a is removed and composite vowels are decomposed
 before writing buffer in Unicode.  See also