diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index d3a136b6f55..cedadb0036f 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1197,7 +1197,6 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 	 * - second field: LSN at which we became consistent
 	 * - third field: exported snapshot's name
 	 * - fourth field: output plugin
-	 *----------
 	 */
 	tupdesc = CreateTemplateTupleDesc(4);
 	TupleDescInitBuiltinEntry(tupdesc, (AttrNumber) 1, "slot_name",
@@ -2692,7 +2691,7 @@ WalSndSegmentOpen(XLogReaderState *state, XLogSegNo nextSegNo,
 	 * restored from the archive on this server, the file belonging to the old
 	 * timeline, 000000040000000000000013, might not exist. Their contents are
 	 * equal up to the switchpoint, because at a timeline switch, the used
-	 * portion of the old segment is copied to the new file.  -------
+	 * portion of the old segment is copied to the new file.
 	 */
 	*tli_p = sendTimeLine;
 	if (sendTimeLineIsHistoric)
diff --git a/src/tools/pgindent/README b/src/tools/pgindent/README
index f5fdfc5d2ff..b649a21f593 100644
--- a/src/tools/pgindent/README
+++ b/src/tools/pgindent/README
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ the comment block with some dashes:
 
 	/*----------
 	 * Text here will not be touched by pgindent.
-	 *----------
 	 */
 
 Odd spacing around typedef names might indicate an incomplete typedefs list.