diff --git a/headers/posix/syslog.h b/headers/posix/syslog.h
index 13307db275..ab1b6fc88e 100644
--- a/headers/posix/syslog.h
+++ b/headers/posix/syslog.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #define _SYSLOG_H_
 
 
-/**options for openlog() **/
+/*** options for openlog() ***/
 
 #define LOG_PID			(1 << 12)	/* log the process (thread/team) ID with each message */
 #define LOG_CONS		(2 << 12)	/* log to the system console on error */
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #define LOG_NOWAIT		(64 << 12)	/* do not wait for child processes */
 
 
-/** facilities **/
+/*** facilities ***/
 
 #define LOG_KERN		(0 << 3)	/* messages generated by the kernel */
 #define LOG_USER		(1 << 3)	/* by user processes */
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 #define LOG_LOCAL7		(23 << 3)
 
 
-/** priorities **/
+/*** priorities ***/
 
 #define LOG_EMERG		0	/* a panic condition */
 #define LOG_PANIC		LOG_EMERG