1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/mail/mail-extr.el b/lisp/mail/mail-extr.el
index 6af9c2478fc..32f99ac1465 100644
--- a/lisp/mail/mail-extr.el
+++ b/lisp/mail/mail-extr.el
@@ -218,14 +218,14 @@
 ;;
 
 (defcustom mail-extr-guess-middle-initial nil
-  "*Whether to try to guess middle initial from mail address.
+  "Whether to try to guess middle initial from mail address.
 If true, then when we see an address like \"John Smith <jqs@host.com>\"
 we will assume that \"John Q. Smith\" is the fellow's name."
   :type 'boolean
   :group 'mail-extr)
 
 (defcustom mail-extr-ignore-single-names nil
-  "*Whether to ignore a name that is just a single word.
+  "Whether to ignore a name that is just a single word.
 If true, then when we see an address like \"Idiot <dumb@stupid.com>\"
 we will act as though we couldn't find a full name in the address."
   :type 'boolean
@@ -244,19 +244,19 @@ we will act as though we couldn't find a full name in the address."
 (defcustom mail-extr-full-name-prefixes
   (purecopy
    "\\(Prof\\|D[Rr]\\|Mrs?\\|Rev\\|Rabbi\\|SysOp\\|LCDR\\)\\.?[ \t\n]")
-  "*Matches prefixes to the full name that identify a person's position.
+  "Matches prefixes to the full name that identify a person's position.
 These are stripped from the full name because they do not contribute to
 uniquely identifying the person."
   :type 'regexp
   :group 'mail-extr)
 
 (defcustom mail-extr-@-binds-tighter-than-! nil
-  "*Whether the local mail transport agent looks at ! before @."
+  "Whether the local mail transport agent looks at ! before @."
   :type 'boolean
   :group 'mail-extr)
 
 (defcustom mail-extr-mangle-uucp nil
-  "*Whether to throw away information in UUCP addresses
+  "Whether to throw away information in UUCP addresses
 by translating things like \"foo!bar!baz@host\" into \"baz@bar.UUCP\"."
   :type 'boolean
   :group 'mail-extr)
@@ -1454,7 +1454,7 @@ consing a string.)"
     ))
 
 (defcustom mail-extr-disable-voodoo "\\cj"
-  "*If it is a regexp, names matching it will never be modified.
+  "If it is a regexp, names matching it will never be modified.
 If it is neither nil nor a string, modifying of names will never take
 place.  It affects how `mail-extract-address-components' works."
   :type '(choice (regexp :size 0)