diff --git a/elliptical/dw_elliptical.c b/elliptical/dw_elliptical.c
index 22fc96c31efca829929da82b56c7f0c648373d11..d24a4b46ca45cab71cc7a86857bc0518a6a766cb 100644
--- a/elliptical/dw_elliptical.c
+++ b/elliptical/dw_elliptical.c
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ void TestEllipticalVariance(void)
   FreeVector(center);
   FreeMatrix(scale);
 }
-/*******************************************************************************/
+*******************************************************************************/
 /*******************************************************************************/
 /*******************************************************************************/
 #undef PI
diff --git a/include/dw_matrix.h b/include/dw_matrix.h
index f1279985404e3774f5928a3910ce3ad6df020f5d..07c7c0ffdd41fa6f106d386b60e823ca0c175122 100644
--- a/include/dw_matrix.h
+++ b/include/dw_matrix.h
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ void PrintPermutation(FILE *f, TPermutation);
 // int* QR_RPivot(TMatrix R, TMatrix X);
 // int* QR_QRPivot(TMatrix Q, TMatrix R, TMatrix X);
 // InitializePermutationFromIntArray(TPermutation X, int *p, int m);
-/**/
+**/
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/include/prcsn.h b/include/prcsn.h
index 9e1dae8f1dd8735234f75c042a1285aeda5badb4..df2f8016896a93a6c60f88b21825947bf86fa31b 100644
--- a/include/prcsn.h
+++ b/include/prcsn.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 /* Redefined to make compatible with Tao's conventions * 
 #define MINUS_INFINITY       -DBL_MAX  
 #define PLUS_INFINITY         DBL_MAX
-/**/
+**/
 #define MINUS_INFINITY        -1.0E300
 #define PLUS_INFINITY          1.0E300
 
diff --git a/matrix/bmatrix.c b/matrix/bmatrix.c
index 3ce6a6772b1e934326da95ae76810f19c827dd16..e5cc9adb9bdd9fb4659eb6083315c114a4caeb37 100644
--- a/matrix/bmatrix.c
+++ b/matrix/bmatrix.c
@@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@ int bQR(PRECISION *Q, PRECISION *R, PRECISION *X, int m, int n, int q, int qt, i
 	}
       //else
       //  printf("lwork = %d  optimal= %d  m %d  n %d\n",lwork,(int)work[0],m,n);
-      /*********************************************/
+      *********************************************/
 
       dw_free(work);
       if (info)