diff --git a/README.ja.md b/README.ja.md
index 1317d80a2..b9e541f0f 100644
--- a/README.ja.md
+++ b/README.ja.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Swayは沢山のディストリビューションで提供されています。"
 * pango
 * cairo
 * gdk-pixbuf2 \*\*
-* pam \*\*\* (オプション: swaylockとPAMで必要)
+* pam (オプション: swaylockとPAMで必要)
 * [scdoc](https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/scdoc) (manで必要です) \*
 * git \*
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6f93211eb..6cb212fc4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Install dependencies:
 * pango
 * cairo
 * gdk-pixbuf2 \*\*
-* pam \*\*\* (optional: PAM support for swaylock)
+* pam (optional: PAM support for swaylock)
 * [scdoc](https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/scdoc) (optional: man pages) \*
 * git \*