diff --git a/docs/ClangFormatStyleOptions.rst b/docs/ClangFormatStyleOptions.rst
index c60f299206e157f21fef4f26ed79f73d01b36c42..f713e3a6d2c51684c1d551c8e6455fb535a6baec 100644
--- a/docs/ClangFormatStyleOptions.rst
+++ b/docs/ClangFormatStyleOptions.rst
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ the configuration (without a prefix: ``Auto``).
   The number of spaces before trailing line comments
   (``//`` - comments).
 
-  This does not affect trailing block comments (``/**/`` - comments) as
+  This does not affect trailing block comments (``/*`` - comments) as
   those commonly have different usage patterns and a number of special
   cases.
 
diff --git a/include/clang/Format/Format.h b/include/clang/Format/Format.h
index efa3e5c740f65e4952d0e7a6c75bb1d6244ae328..b32fc3adbd0bd93311e0b4072e12450ca1b0d905 100644
--- a/include/clang/Format/Format.h
+++ b/include/clang/Format/Format.h
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ struct FormatStyle {
   /// \brief The number of spaces before trailing line comments
   /// (``//`` - comments).
   ///
-  /// This does not affect trailing block comments (``/**/`` - comments) as
+  /// This does not affect trailing block comments (``/*`` - comments) as
   /// those commonly have different usage patterns and a number of special
   /// cases.
   unsigned SpacesBeforeTrailingComments;