diff --git a/doc/api/n-api.md b/doc/api/n-api.md
index 635dcf37fc8..3acbe8cf045 100644
--- a/doc/api/n-api.md
+++ b/doc/api/n-api.md
@@ -3368,7 +3368,7 @@ scenario, because with those the async execution still happens on the main
 event loop. When using any other async mechanism, the following APIs are
 necessary to ensure an async operation is properly tracked by the runtime.
 
-### *napi_async_init**
+### napi_async_init
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@@ -3389,7 +3389,7 @@ napi_status napi_async_init(napi_env env,
 
 Returns `napi_ok` if the API succeeded.
 
-### *napi_async_destroy**
+### napi_async_destroy
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@@ -3403,7 +3403,7 @@ napi_status napi_async_destroy(napi_env env,
 
 Returns `napi_ok` if the API succeeded.
 
-### *napi_make_callback*
+### napi_make_callback
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