diff --git a/docs/csharp/language-reference/keywords/out-parameter-modifier.md b/docs/csharp/language-reference/keywords/out-parameter-modifier.md
index b9ea003bb4a2b..454e32e1c6899 100644
--- a/docs/csharp/language-reference/keywords/out-parameter-modifier.md
+++ b/docs/csharp/language-reference/keywords/out-parameter-modifier.md
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ You can't use the `in`, `ref`, and `out` keywords for the following kinds of met
   
 [!code-csharp-interactive[cs-out-keyword](../../../../samples/snippets/csharp/language-reference/keywords/in-ref-out-modifier/OutParameterModifier.cs#3)]  
 
- The [Try pattern](/visualstudio/code-quality/ca1021-avoid-out-parameters#try-pattern-methods.md) involves returning a `bool` to indicate whether an operation succeeded or failed, and returning the value produced by the operation in an `out` argument. A number of parsing methods, such as the [DateTime.TryParse](xref:System.DateTime.TryParse(System.String,System.DateTime@)) method, use this pattern.
+ The [Try pattern](/visualstudio/code-quality/ca1021-avoid-out-parameters#try-pattern-methods) involves returning a `bool` to indicate whether an operation succeeded or failed, and returning the value produced by the operation in an `out` argument. A number of parsing methods, such as the [DateTime.TryParse](xref:System.DateTime.TryParse(System.String,System.DateTime@)) method, use this pattern.
    
 ## Calling a method with an `out` argument
 
diff --git a/docs/framework/debug-trace-profile/jitcompilationstart-mda.md b/docs/framework/debug-trace-profile/jitcompilationstart-mda.md
index cdb144216e533..c1c29d96f525a 100644
--- a/docs/framework/debug-trace-profile/jitcompilationstart-mda.md
+++ b/docs/framework/debug-trace-profile/jitcompilationstart-mda.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ method name="Test!ns2.C0::m"
 ```  
   
 ## Configuration  
- The following configuration file shows a variety of filters that can be employed to filter out which methods are reported when they are first JIT-compiled. You can specify that all methods be reported by setting the value of the name attribute to *.  
+ The following configuration file shows a variety of filters that can be employed to filter out which methods are reported when they are first JIT-compiled. You can specify that all methods be reported by setting the value of the name attribute to \*.  
   
 ```xml  
 <mdaConfig>