5 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/chart.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/chart.el
index 19766feac5a..2e3abb2e9d3 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/chart.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/chart.el
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ Colors will be the background color.")
 Useful if new Emacs is used on B&W display.")
 
 (defcustom chart-face-use-pixmaps nil
-  "*Non-nil to use fancy pixmaps in the background of chart face colors."
+  "Non-nil to use fancy pixmaps in the background of chart face colors."
   :group 'eieio
   :type 'boolean)
 
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/edebug.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/edebug.el
index 67ffd6d5d31..f47feebe5d2 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/edebug.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/edebug.el
@@ -3744,7 +3744,7 @@ This prints the value into current buffer."
 
 ;; FIXME eh?
 (defvar gud-inhibit-global-bindings
-  "*Non-nil means don't do global rebindings of C-x C-a subcommands.")
+  "Non-nil means don't do global rebindings of C-x C-a subcommands.")
 
 ;; Global GUD bindings for all emacs-lisp-mode buffers.
 (unless gud-inhibit-global-bindings
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/eieio.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/eieio.el
index cdf7237b766..f1c1bf8965c 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/eieio.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/eieio.el
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 ;;
 
 (defvar eieio-hook nil
-  "*This hook is executed, then cleared each time `defclass' is called.")
+  "This hook is executed, then cleared each time `defclass' is called.")
 
 (defvar eieio-error-unsupported-class-tags nil
   "Non-nil to throw an error if an encountered tag is unsupported.
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ This may prevent classes from CLOS applications from being used with EIEIO
 since EIEIO does not support all CLOS tags.")
 
 (defvar eieio-skip-typecheck nil
-  "*If non-nil, skip all slot typechecking.
+  "If non-nil, skip all slot typechecking.
 Set this to t permanently if a program is functioning well to get a
 small speed increase.  This variable is also used internally to handle
 default setting for optimization purposes.")
@@ -2044,7 +2044,7 @@ During executions, the list is first generated, then as each next method
 is called, the next method is popped off the stack.")
 
 (defvar eieio-pre-method-execution-hooks nil
-  "*Hooks run just before a method is executed.
+  "Hooks run just before a method is executed.
 The hook function must accept one argument, the list of forms
 about to be executed.")
 
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/ert.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/ert.el
index 9cbe29bf322..ad5e20cb8a4 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/ert.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/ert.el
@@ -1405,7 +1405,7 @@ RESULT must be an `ert-test-result-with-condition'."
 ;;; Running tests in batch mode.
 
 (defvar ert-batch-backtrace-right-margin 70
-  "*The maximum line length for printing backtraces in `ert-run-tests-batch'.")
+  "The maximum line length for printing backtraces in `ert-run-tests-batch'.")
 
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun ert-run-tests-batch (&optional selector)
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/timer.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/timer.el
index b6b7c266263..87b6cceb24b 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/timer.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/timer.el
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ and idle timers such as are scheduled by `run-with-idle-timer'."
   "Third-to-last timer that was run.")
 
 (defvar timer-max-repeats 10
-  "*Maximum number of times to repeat a timer, if many repeats are delayed.
+  "Maximum number of times to repeat a timer, if many repeats are delayed.
 Timer invocations can be delayed because Emacs is suspended or busy,
 or because the system's time changes.  If such an occurrence makes it
 appear that many invocations are overdue, this variable controls