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diff --git a/lisp/man.el b/lisp/man.el
index 075c38866fb..4a768e1effb 100644
--- a/lisp/man.el
+++ b/lisp/man.el
@@ -572,6 +572,9 @@ This guess is based on the text surrounding the cursor."
(setq word (buffer-substring-no-properties start (point))))
(if (string-match "[._]+$" word)
(setq word (substring word 0 (match-beginning 0))))
+ ;; If looking at something like *strcat(... , remove the '*'
+ (if (string-match "^*" word)
+ (setq word (substring word 1)))
;; If looking at something like ioctl(2) or brc(1M), include the
;; section number in the returned value. Remove text properties.
(concat word