diff --git a/tests/examples/app/appsrc-ra.c b/tests/examples/app/appsrc-ra.c
index 84cb054f4f..1611616edd 100644
--- a/tests/examples/app/appsrc-ra.c
+++ b/tests/examples/app/appsrc-ra.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY (appsrc_playbin_debug);
 #define GST_CAT_DEFAULT appsrc_playbin_debug
 
-/**
+/*
  * an example application of using appsrc in random-access mode. When the
  * appsrc requests data with the need-data signal, we retrieve a buffer of the
  * requested size and push it to appsrc.
diff --git a/tests/examples/app/appsrc-seekable.c b/tests/examples/app/appsrc-seekable.c
index 12af93d16d..e0325888cc 100644
--- a/tests/examples/app/appsrc-seekable.c
+++ b/tests/examples/app/appsrc-seekable.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY (appsrc_playbin_debug);
 #define GST_CAT_DEFAULT appsrc_playbin_debug
 
-/**
+/*
  * an example application of using appsrc in seekable mode. When the
  * appsrc requests data with the need-data signal, we retrieve a buffer and
  * push it to appsrc. We can also use the method as demonstrated in
diff --git a/tests/examples/app/appsrc-stream.c b/tests/examples/app/appsrc-stream.c
index 9a09e1b6d7..d5edceb874 100644
--- a/tests/examples/app/appsrc-stream.c
+++ b/tests/examples/app/appsrc-stream.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY (appsrc_playbin_debug);
 #define GST_CAT_DEFAULT appsrc_playbin_debug
 
-/**
+/*
  * an example application of using appsrc in streaming push mode. We simply push
  * buffers into appsrc. The size of the buffers we push can be any size we
  * choose.
diff --git a/tests/examples/app/appsrc-stream2.c b/tests/examples/app/appsrc-stream2.c
index f9d1457763..8f691a2e9f 100644
--- a/tests/examples/app/appsrc-stream2.c
+++ b/tests/examples/app/appsrc-stream2.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY (appsrc_playbin_debug);
 #define GST_CAT_DEFAULT appsrc_playbin_debug
 
-/**
+/*
  * an example application of using appsrc in streaming pull mode. When the
  * appsrc request data with the need-data signal, we retrieve a buffer of an
  * arbitrary size and push it to appsrc.