--- a/cubicweb/cwconfig.py	Wed Apr 10 17:59:17 2019 +0000
+++ b/cubicweb/cwconfig.py	Thu Apr 18 04:34:34 2019 +0000
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
 
 def possible_configurations(directory):
     """return a list of installed configurations in a directory
-    according to \*-ctl files
+    according to *-ctl files
     """
     return [name for name in ('repository', 'all-in-one', 'pyramid')
             if exists(join(directory, '%s.conf' % name))]
@@ -1149,7 +1149,7 @@
         """return available translation for an instance, by looking for
         compiled catalog
 
-        take \*args to be usable as a vocabulary method
+        take *args to be usable as a vocabulary method
         """
         from glob import glob
         yield 'en' # ensure 'en' is yielded even if no .mo found