diff --git a/transitions/index.html b/transitions/index.html
index c3d55b593..541b92a81 100644
--- a/transitions/index.html
+++ b/transitions/index.html
@@ -1545,9 +1545,9 @@ <h2 id="pubreq">Publication Request</h2>
 				<ul>
 					<li>Document Title: xxx xxx</li>
 					<li>Document URL: <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/">https://www.w3.org/TR/</a>yyyy/XX-xxx-yyyymmdd/</li>
-					<li>*Publication Date: (if document not installed) Month Date Year</li>
+					<li>Publication Date: (if document not installed) Month Date Year</li>
 					<li data-profile="FPWD|FPWG-NOTE|FPIG-NOTE">
-						*Description: Used in <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/wcag/all/">TR/xx/all</a> page (only needed if differ
+						Description: Used in <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/wcag/all/">TR/xx/all</a> page (only needed if differ
 						from the 'Abstract' of the document)
 					</li>
 					<li data-profile="FPWD|FPWG-NOTE|FPIG-NOTE">
@@ -1555,17 +1555,17 @@ <h2 id="pubreq">Publication Request</h2>
 						configured in GitHub <a href="https://github.com/w3c/spec-families/blob/main/families.json">w3c/spec-families</a> repo.
 					</li>
 					<li data-profile="WD|CR|PR|WG-NOTE|DISC|IG-NOTE" data-echidna="false">
-						*Description Update: Used in <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/wcag/all/">TR/xx/all</a> page (only needed if
+						Description Update: Used in <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/wcag/all/">TR/xx/all</a> page (only needed if
 						differ from the 'Abstract' of the document)
 					</li>
 					<li data-profile="FPWD|FPWG-NOTE|FPIG-NOTE">
 						Document tags: (<a href="https://w3c.github.io/tr-pages/tags" target="_blank">see the list of tags here</a>)
 					</li>
 					<li data-profile="WD|CR|PR|WG-NOTE|DISC|IG-NOTE" data-echidna="false">
-						*Document tags update: (<a href="https://w3c.github.io/tr-pages/tags" target="_blank">see the list of tags
+						Document tags update: (<a href="https://w3c.github.io/tr-pages/tags" target="_blank">see the list of tags
 							here</a>)
 					</li>
-					<li id="retired" data-profile="WG-NOTE|IG-NOTE">*Retired: (only needed when 'yes')<br>
+					<li id="retired" data-profile="WG-NOTE|IG-NOTE">Retired: (only needed when 'yes')<br>
 					 ⟶ Indicate if the publication is the result of stopping work on a specification (aka "retired").</li>
 					<li>*Requirements for shortlinks redirection: (may apply if there are multi levels)</li>
 				</ul>
@@ -1587,7 +1587,7 @@ <h2 id="pubreq">Publication Request</h2>
 						approval of the Group.</li>
 				</ul>
 			</li>
-			<li class="onlydeleted" data-profile="CR" data-cr="new|snapshot">*Skip CfE for CR text
+			<li class="onlydeleted" data-profile="CR" data-cr="new|snapshot">Skip CfE for CR text
 				delete: (only needed when 'yes')<br>
 				⟶ If there has been a previous Candidate Recommendation, whether the only change is
 					that <em>text has been deleted</em>; If so, W3C can skip the Patent Policy Exclusion (see the <a href="https://www.w3.org/2003/12/22-pp-faq.html#nonewtext">Patent Policy FAQ</a>).
@@ -1603,7 +1603,7 @@ <h2 id="pubreq">Publication Request</h2>
 							<li><strong>warning</strong>: Please read through each warning and try to reduce the number of them.</li>
 						</ul>
 					</li>
-					<li>*Comment on Pubrules: (describe the help you need if there's any error)</li>
+					<li>Comment on Pubrules: (describe the help you need if there's any error)</li>
 
 					<li>Pass Link Checker's check: (yes)<br>
 					⟶ Check the document using <a href="https://validator.w3.org/checklink">W3C Link Checker</a>.<br>