diff --git a/Doc/library/unittest.rst b/Doc/library/unittest.rst
index 4bcc806243f..95ab13a2051 100644
--- a/Doc/library/unittest.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/unittest.rst
@@ -818,8 +818,8 @@ Test cases
          :meth:`failIfEqual`; use :meth:`assertNotEqual`.
 
 
-   .. method:: assertAlmostEqual(first, second, *, places=7, msg=None, delta=None)
-               failUnlessAlmostEqual(first, second, *, places=7, msg=None, delta=None)
+   .. method:: assertAlmostEqual(first, second, places=7, msg=None, delta=None)
+               failUnlessAlmostEqual(first, second, places=7, msg=None, delta=None)
 
       Test that *first* and *second* are approximately equal by computing the
       difference, rounding to the given number of decimal *places* (default 7),
@@ -843,8 +843,8 @@ Test cases
          :meth:`failUnlessAlmostEqual`; use :meth:`assertAlmostEqual`.
 
 
-   .. method:: assertNotAlmostEqual(first, second, *, places=7, msg=None, delta=None)
-               failIfAlmostEqual(first, second, *, places=7, msg=None, delta=None)
+   .. method:: assertNotAlmostEqual(first, second, places=7, msg=None, delta=None)
+               failIfAlmostEqual(first, second, places=7, msg=None, delta=None)
 
       Test that *first* and *second* are not approximately equal by computing
       the difference, rounding to the given number of decimal *places* (default