diff --git a/lib/pure/asyncstreams.nim b/lib/pure/asyncstreams.nim
index 42cdd7d133..44e73003ee 100644
--- a/lib/pure/asyncstreams.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/asyncstreams.nim
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ proc `callback=`*[T](future: FutureStream[T],
 
 proc finished*[T](future: FutureStream[T]): bool =
   ## Check if a ``FutureStream`` is finished. ``true`` value means that
-  ## no more data will be placed inside the stream _and_ that there is
+  ## no more data will be placed inside the stream *and* that there is
   ## no data waiting to be retrieved.
   result = future.finished and future.queue.len == 0