diff --git a/asm/parser.c b/asm/parser.c
index ba5081ac..15cfcdfa 100644
--- a/asm/parser.c
+++ b/asm/parser.c
@@ -1172,7 +1172,6 @@ is_expression:
                          *!  \c      KMOV  WORD K0,[foo]     ; Permitted, WORD K0 specifies instruction size
                          *!  \c      KMOV  K0,WORD [foo]     ; Permitted, WORD [foo] specifies instruction size
                          *!  \c      KMOV  K0,[foo]          ; Not permitted, instruction size ambiguous
-                         *!-
                          */
                         nasm_warn(WARN_REGSIZE, "invalid register size specification ignored");
                     }
diff --git a/asm/warnings.pl b/asm/warnings.pl
index 7987ab4c..1393fd9b 100755
--- a/asm/warnings.pl
+++ b/asm/warnings.pl
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ if ($what eq 'c') {
 
 	    @doc = @{$warn->{doc}};
 	    if (defined($docdef)) {
-		push(@doc, "$docdef by default.\n");
+		push(@doc, "\n", "\\> $docdef by default.\n");
 	    }
 	}