diff --git a/docs/examples/tutorial/external/atoi.pyx b/docs/examples/tutorial/external/atoi.pyx
index f0f0c0a2fc116fd77fb2fc631ce4206acb0c0741..48643bbf25668692a93291ab4085d86d06abbf79 100644
--- a/docs/examples/tutorial/external/atoi.pyx
+++ b/docs/examples/tutorial/external/atoi.pyx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from libc.stdlib cimport atoi
 
-cdef parse_charptr_to_py_int(char*s):
+cdef parse_charptr_to_py_int(char* s):
     assert s is not NULL, "byte string value is NULL"
     return atoi(s)  # note: atoi() has no error detection!
diff --git a/docs/examples/userguide/wrapping_CPlusPlus/Rectangle.pxd b/docs/examples/userguide/wrapping_CPlusPlus/Rectangle.pxd
index b6d738afc2697a52222ac81a71a8ecfd67d5de13..68f9491220f78338ae5e8476003169c94ac8ed1b 100644
--- a/docs/examples/userguide/wrapping_CPlusPlus/Rectangle.pxd
+++ b/docs/examples/userguide/wrapping_CPlusPlus/Rectangle.pxd
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ cdef extern from "Rectangle.h" namespace "shapes":
         Rectangle(int, int, int, int) except +
         int x0, y0, x1, y1
         int getArea()
-        void getSize(int*width, int*height)
+        void getSize(int* width, int* height)
         void move(int, int)