diff --git a/discord/utils.py b/discord/utils.py
index 775907ff6..5c8e4960e 100644
--- a/discord/utils.py
+++ b/discord/utils.py
@@ -492,8 +492,8 @@ def escape_markdown(text, *, as_needed=False, ignore_links=True):
     as_needed: :class:`bool`
         Whether to escape the markdown characters as needed. This
         means that it does not escape extraneous characters if it's
-        not necessary, e.g. ``**hello**`` is escaped into ``\*\*hello**``
-        instead of ``\*\*hello\*\*``. Note however that this can open
+        not necessary, e.g. ``**hello**`` is escaped into ``**hello**``
+        instead of ``**hello**``. Note however that this can open
         you up to some clever syntax abuse. Defaults to ``False``.
     ignore_links: :class:`bool`
         Whether to leave links alone when escaping markdown. For example,
diff --git a/docs/api.rst b/docs/api.rst
index 9146b3186..dc016fba4 100644
--- a/docs/api.rst
+++ b/docs/api.rst
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ to handle it, which defaults to print a traceback and ignoring the exception.
     :param shard_id: The shard ID that has resumed.
     :type shard_id: :class:`int`
 
-.. function:: on_error(event, \*args, \*\*kwargs)
+.. function:: on_error(event, *args, **kwargs)
 
     Usually when an event raises an uncaught exception, a traceback is
     printed to stderr and the exception is ignored. If you want to