Leading "*" in the doc of defvars is long obsolete.

[gnu-emacs] / lisp / net / mailcap.el

diff --git a/lisp/net/mailcap.el b/lisp/net/mailcap.el
index ae49972f5bfcb26980024588e9243c7262b056ad..f80b300084b67841154cea00a7896dbb18ae2c64 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/net/mailcap.el
+++ b/lisp/net/mailcap.el
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ to return a true or false shell value for the validity.")
 (put 'mailcap-mime-data 'risky-local-variable t)
 
 (defcustom mailcap-download-directory nil
-  "*Directory to which `mailcap-save-binary-file' downloads files by default.
+  "Directory to which `mailcap-save-binary-file' downloads files by default.
 nil means your home directory."
   :type '(choice (const :tag "Home directory" nil)
                 directory)