diff --git a/docs/reference.md b/docs/reference.md
index f8c2bd4..7438d9c 100644
--- a/docs/reference.md
+++ b/docs/reference.md
@@ -999,7 +999,7 @@
       target and all of its dependency tree, rebasing the strings in the `files`
       key onto the source directory of the target's declaration relative to "/".
 ```
-### <a name="cmd_outputs"></a>**gn outputs &lt;out_dir&gt; &lt;list of target or file names...&gt; ***
+### <a name="cmd_outputs"></a>**gn outputs &lt;out_dir&gt; &lt;list of target or file names...&gt;**
 
 ```
   Lists the output files corresponding to the given target(s) or file name(s).
diff --git a/src/gn/command_outputs.cc b/src/gn/command_outputs.cc
index 9360ead..90d1b1e 100644
--- a/src/gn/command_outputs.cc
+++ b/src/gn/command_outputs.cc
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 const char kOutputs[] = "outputs";
 const char kOutputs_HelpShort[] = "outputs: Which files a source/target make.";
 const char kOutputs_Help[] =
-    R"(gn outputs <out_dir> <list of target or file names...> *
+    R"(gn outputs <out_dir> <list of target or file names...>
 
   Lists the output files corresponding to the given target(s) or file name(s).
   There can be multiple outputs because there can be more than one output