diff --git a/doc/api/n-api.md b/doc/api/n-api.md
index 38801cea3f3713..14ef277f535ebb 100644
--- a/doc/api/n-api.md
+++ b/doc/api/n-api.md
@@ -3475,7 +3475,7 @@ is sufficient and appropriate. Use of the `napi_make_callback` function
 may be required when implementing custom async behavior that does not use
 `napi_create_async_work`.
 
-### *napi_open_callback_scope*
+### napi_open_callback_scope
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@@ -3500,7 +3500,7 @@ the stack the [`napi_open_callback_scope`][] and
 [`napi_close_callback_scope`][] functions can be used to open/close
 the required scope.
 
-### *napi_close_callback_scope*
+### napi_close_callback_scope
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