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* wid-edit.el: Remove leading * from docstrings of defcustoms,
deffaces, defconsts and defuns.

lisp/diff.el

@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@
 
 ;;;###autoload
 (defcustom diff-switches "-c"
-  "*A string or list of strings specifying switches to be passed to diff."
+  "A string or list of strings specifying switches to be passed to diff."
   :type '(choice string (repeat string))
   :group 'diff)
 
 ;;;###autoload
 (defcustom diff-command "diff"
-  "*The command to use to run diff."
+  "The command to use to run diff."
   :type 'string
   :group 'diff)