diff --git a/tools/gn/docs/reference.md b/tools/gn/docs/reference.md
index 5ac654f..a982120 100644
--- a/tools/gn/docs/reference.md
+++ b/tools/gn/docs/reference.md
@@ -2676,7 +2676,7 @@
 
     template("shared_library") {
       shared_library(shlib) {
-        forward_variables_from(invoker, [ "*" ])
+        forward_variables_from(invoker, "*")
         ...
       }
     }
diff --git a/tools/gn/function_template.cc b/tools/gn/function_template.cc
index 36af071..f5ea7b8 100644
--- a/tools/gn/function_template.cc
+++ b/tools/gn/function_template.cc
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 
     template("shared_library") {
       shared_library(shlib) {
-        forward_variables_from(invoker, [ "*" ])
+        forward_variables_from(invoker, "*")
         ...
       }
     }