Doxygen: remove /** and **/ from all .dox files

This is an automatically generated commit, made with:

find src -name '*.dox' | \
   xargs  perl -i -ne 'print unless (m#^\s*/?\*\*/?\s*$#);'

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diff --git a/src/app/app.dox b/src/app/app.dox
index 21d5791cde..138e75b127 100644
--- a/src/app/app.dox
+++ b/src/app/app.dox
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-/**
 @dir /app
 @brief app: top-level entry point for Tor
 
 The "app" directory has Tor's main entry point and configuration logic,
 and is responsible for initializing and managing the other modules in
 Tor.
-**/
diff --git a/src/app/config/app_config.dox b/src/app/config/app_config.dox
index ef4a878277..b359ce77f6 100644
--- a/src/app/config/app_config.dox
+++ b/src/app/config/app_config.dox
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-/**
 @dir /app/config
 @brief app/config: Top-level configuration code
 
 Refactoring this module is a work in progress, see
 [ticket 29211](https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/29211).
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/app/main/app_main.dox b/src/app/main/app_main.dox
index c714ad1396..b8c789716c 100644
--- a/src/app/main/app_main.dox
+++ b/src/app/main/app_main.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
-/**
 @dir /app/main
 @brief app/main: Entry point for tor.
-**/
diff --git a/src/core/core.dox b/src/core/core.dox
index 11bf55cb78..8ecc43eaae 100644
--- a/src/core/core.dox
+++ b/src/core/core.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/**
 @dir /core
 @brief core: main loop and onion routing functionality
 
@@ -17,4 +16,3 @@ and one high-level piece:
 
    - \refdir{core/or} -- Implements onion routing itself.
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/core/crypto/core_crypto.dox b/src/core/crypto/core_crypto.dox
index 28ece92bb8..26ade1f8f8 100644
--- a/src/core/crypto/core_crypto.dox
+++ b/src/core/crypto/core_crypto.dox
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-/**
 @dir /core/crypto
 @brief core/crypto: Tor-specific cryptography
 
 This module implements Tor's circuit-construction crypto and Tor's
 relay crypto.
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/core/mainloop/core_mainloop.dox b/src/core/mainloop/core_mainloop.dox
index 28cd42bf60..fee8a8179c 100644
--- a/src/core/mainloop/core_mainloop.dox
+++ b/src/core/mainloop/core_mainloop.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/**
 @dir /core/mainloop
 @brief core/mainloop: Non-onion-routing mainloop functionality
 
@@ -9,4 +8,3 @@ The layering here is imperfect: the code here was split from \refdir{core/or}
 without refactoring how the two modules call one another.  Probably many
 functions should be moved and refactored.
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/core/or/core_or.dox b/src/core/or/core_or.dox
index 7272f7680a..0b4d430a00 100644
--- a/src/core/or/core_or.dox
+++ b/src/core/or/core_or.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/**
 @dir core/or
 @brief core/or: **Onion routing happens here!**
 
@@ -61,4 +60,3 @@ encrypt, route, and interpret relay cells.
 `scheduler.c`
 : Decides which channel/circuit pair is ready to receive the next cell.
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/core/or/dataflow.dox b/src/core/or/dataflow.dox
index 3b32bb30fb..1098701780 100644
--- a/src/core/or/dataflow.dox
+++ b/src/core/or/dataflow.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/**
 @tableofcontents
 
 @page dataflow Data flow in the Tor process
@@ -235,4 +234,3 @@ queue the next cell.
 (This logic applies to outgoing relay cells only; incoming relay cells
 are processed as they arrive.)
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/core/proto/core_proto.dox b/src/core/proto/core_proto.dox
index 13ce751a76..ad43bc5846 100644
--- a/src/core/proto/core_proto.dox
+++ b/src/core/proto/core_proto.dox
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-/**
 @dir /core/proto
 @brief core/proto: Protocol encoding/decoding
 
 These functions should (but do not always) exist at a lower level than most
 of the rest of core.
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/feature/api/feature_api.dox b/src/feature/api/feature_api.dox
index 06112120c3..3065c000aa 100644
--- a/src/feature/api/feature_api.dox
+++ b/src/feature/api/feature_api.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
-/**
 @dir /feature/api
 @brief feature/api: In-process interface to starting/stopping Tor.
-**/
diff --git a/src/feature/client/feature_client.dox b/src/feature/client/feature_client.dox
index a8263b494c..dd4bf78ec8 100644
--- a/src/feature/client/feature_client.dox
+++ b/src/feature/client/feature_client.dox
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-/**
 @dir /feature/client
 @brief feature/client: Client-specific code
 
 (There is also a bunch of client-specific code in other modules.)
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/feature/control/feature_control.dox b/src/feature/control/feature_control.dox
index a0bf9413a1..9f1681ea91 100644
--- a/src/feature/control/feature_control.dox
+++ b/src/feature/control/feature_control.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/**
 @dir /feature/control
 @brief feature/control: Controller API.
 
@@ -7,4 +6,3 @@ thread, if you're running Tor in-process) can use to configure and control
 Tor while it is running.  The current protocol is documented in
 [control-spec.txt](https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/tree/control-spec.txt).
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/feature/dirauth/feature_dirauth.dox b/src/feature/dirauth/feature_dirauth.dox
index 9ee2d04589..b152b94894 100644
--- a/src/feature/dirauth/feature_dirauth.dox
+++ b/src/feature/dirauth/feature_dirauth.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/**
 @dir /feature/dirauth
 @brief feature/dirauth: Directory authority implementation.
 
@@ -8,4 +7,3 @@ The directory protocol is specified in
 [dir-spec.txt](https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/tree/dir-spec.txt).
 
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/feature/dircache/feature_dircache.dox b/src/feature/dircache/feature_dircache.dox
index ef8a51aa9e..97734f2a34 100644
--- a/src/feature/dircache/feature_dircache.dox
+++ b/src/feature/dircache/feature_dircache.dox
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-/**
 @dir /feature/dircache
 @brief feature/dircache: Run as a directory cache server
 
 This module handles the directory caching functionality that all relays may
 provide, for serving cached directory objects to objects.
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/feature/dirclient/feature_dirclient.dox b/src/feature/dirclient/feature_dirclient.dox
index 0cbae69111..5c7ee964d3 100644
--- a/src/feature/dirclient/feature_dirclient.dox
+++ b/src/feature/dirclient/feature_dirclient.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/**
 @dir /feature/dirclient
 @brief feature/dirclient: Directory client implementation.
 
@@ -6,4 +5,3 @@ The code here is used by all Tor instances that need to download directory
 information.  Currently, that is all of them, since even authorities need to
 launch downloads to learn about relays that other authorities have listed.
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/feature/dircommon/feature_dircommon.dox b/src/feature/dircommon/feature_dircommon.dox
index 2d9866da01..359049ecd8 100644
--- a/src/feature/dircommon/feature_dircommon.dox
+++ b/src/feature/dircommon/feature_dircommon.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/**
 @dir /feature/dircommon
 @brief feature/dircommon: Directory client and server shared code
 
@@ -6,4 +5,3 @@ This module has the code that directory clients (anybody who download
 information about relays) and directory servers (anybody who serves such
 information) share in common.
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/feature/dirparse/feature_dirparse.dox b/src/feature/dirparse/feature_dirparse.dox
index 4f2136b02b..e4b34668ba 100644
--- a/src/feature/dirparse/feature_dirparse.dox
+++ b/src/feature/dirparse/feature_dirparse.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/**
 @dir /feature/dirparse
 @brief feature/dirparse: Parsing Tor directory objects
 
@@ -7,4 +6,3 @@ We define a number of "directory objects" in
 all of them using a common line-oriented meta-format.  This module is used by
 other parts of Tor to parse them.
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/feature/feature.dox b/src/feature/feature.dox
index 03759f9a17..acc3487e55 100644
--- a/src/feature/feature.dox
+++ b/src/feature/feature.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/**
 @dir /feature
 @brief feature: domain-specific modules
 
@@ -6,4 +5,3 @@ The "feature" directory has modules that Tor uses only for a particular
 role or service, such as maintaining/using an onion service, operating as a
 relay or a client, or being a directory authority.
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/feature/hibernate/feature_hibernate.dox b/src/feature/hibernate/feature_hibernate.dox
index eebb2d51a2..0eb5ffea0d 100644
--- a/src/feature/hibernate/feature_hibernate.dox
+++ b/src/feature/hibernate/feature_hibernate.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/**
 @dir /feature/hibernate
 @brief feature/hibernate: Bandwidth accounting and hibernation (!)
 
@@ -13,4 +12,3 @@ The two features are related only in the sense that "soft hibernation" (being
 almost out of ) is very close to the "shutting down" state.  But it would be
 better in the long run to make the two completely separate.
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/feature/hs/feature_hs.dox b/src/feature/hs/feature_hs.dox
index 32f44d57fb..299d07e014 100644
--- a/src/feature/hs/feature_hs.dox
+++ b/src/feature/hs/feature_hs.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/**
 @dir /feature/hs
 @brief feature/hs: v3 (current) onion service protocol
 
@@ -7,4 +6,3 @@ as specified in
 [rend-spec-v3.txt](https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/tree/rend-spec-v3.txt).
 
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/feature/hs_common/feature_hs_common.dox b/src/feature/hs_common/feature_hs_common.dox
index 85d7585872..3a5e351a0a 100644
--- a/src/feature/hs_common/feature_hs_common.dox
+++ b/src/feature/hs_common/feature_hs_common.dox
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-/**
 @dir /feature/hs_common
 @brief feature/hs_common: Common to v2 (old) and v3 (current) onion services
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/feature/keymgt/feature_keymgt.dox b/src/feature/keymgt/feature_keymgt.dox
index acc840eb2e..1eac7cca50 100644
--- a/src/feature/keymgt/feature_keymgt.dox
+++ b/src/feature/keymgt/feature_keymgt.dox
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-/**
 @dir /feature/keymgt
 @brief feature/keymgt: Store keys for relays, authorities, etc.
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/feature/nodelist/feature_nodelist.dox b/src/feature/nodelist/feature_nodelist.dox
index 0b25dd246d..9d715308c2 100644
--- a/src/feature/nodelist/feature_nodelist.dox
+++ b/src/feature/nodelist/feature_nodelist.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
-/**
 @dir /feature/nodelist
 @brief feature/nodelist: Download and manage a list of relays
-**/
diff --git a/src/feature/relay/feature_relay.dox b/src/feature/relay/feature_relay.dox
index 6867818257..a7f0c2153a 100644
--- a/src/feature/relay/feature_relay.dox
+++ b/src/feature/relay/feature_relay.dox
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-/**
 @dir /feature/relay
 @brief feature/relay: Relay-specific code
 
 (There is also a bunch of relay-specific code in other modules.)
-**/
diff --git a/src/feature/rend/feature_rend.dox b/src/feature/rend/feature_rend.dox
index ed0784521c..bfd8ae3dbc 100644
--- a/src/feature/rend/feature_rend.dox
+++ b/src/feature/rend/feature_rend.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/**
 @dir /feature/rend
 @brief feature/rend: version 2 (old) hidden services
 
@@ -6,4 +5,3 @@ This directory implements the v2 onion service protocol,
 as specified in
 [rend-spec-v2.txt](https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/tree/rend-spec-v2.txt).
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/feature/stats/feature_stats.dox b/src/feature/stats/feature_stats.dox
index 0ced00ce58..d205fe5571 100644
--- a/src/feature/stats/feature_stats.dox
+++ b/src/feature/stats/feature_stats.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/**
 @dir /feature/stats
 @brief feature/stats: Relay statistics. Also, port prediction.
 
@@ -9,4 +8,3 @@ Additionally, it contains predict_ports.c, which remembers which ports we've
 visited recently as a client, so we can make sure we have open circuits that
 support them.
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/lib/arch/lib_arch.dox b/src/lib/arch/lib_arch.dox
index edb0cbbf1d..9b8bccdf16 100644
--- a/src/lib/arch/lib_arch.dox
+++ b/src/lib/arch/lib_arch.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
-/**
 @dir /lib/arch
 @brief lib/arch: Compatibility code for handling different CPU architectures.
-**/
diff --git a/src/lib/buf/lib_buf.dox b/src/lib/buf/lib_buf.dox
index a2ac23ee4c..519ab50a2d 100644
--- a/src/lib/buf/lib_buf.dox
+++ b/src/lib/buf/lib_buf.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/**
 @dir /lib/buf
 @brief lib/buf: An efficient byte queue.
 
@@ -12,4 +11,3 @@ The buf_t type is also reasonable for use in constructing long strings.
 See \refdir{lib/net} for networking code that uses buf_t, and
 \refdir{lib/tls} for cryptographic code that uses buf_t.
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/lib/cc/lib_cc.dox b/src/lib/cc/lib_cc.dox
index 06f4e775bf..bd49005ba2 100644
--- a/src/lib/cc/lib_cc.dox
+++ b/src/lib/cc/lib_cc.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
-/**
 @dir /lib/cc
 @brief lib/cc: Macros for managing the C compiler and language.
-**/
diff --git a/src/lib/compress/lib_compress.dox b/src/lib/compress/lib_compress.dox
index 599126901a..c43f223fe7 100644
--- a/src/lib/compress/lib_compress.dox
+++ b/src/lib/compress/lib_compress.dox
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-/**
 @dir /lib/compress
 @brief lib/compress: Wraps several compression libraries
 
 Currently supported are zlib (mandatory), zstd (optional), and lzma
 (optional).
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/lib/conf/lib_conf.dox b/src/lib/conf/lib_conf.dox
index be58fe5b55..60dd04e99e 100644
--- a/src/lib/conf/lib_conf.dox
+++ b/src/lib/conf/lib_conf.dox
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-/**
 @dir /lib/conf
 @brief lib/conf: Types and macros for declaring configuration options.
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/lib/confmgt/lib_confmgt.dox b/src/lib/confmgt/lib_confmgt.dox
index d18fa304ca..861e720f64 100644
--- a/src/lib/confmgt/lib_confmgt.dox
+++ b/src/lib/confmgt/lib_confmgt.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/**
 @dir /lib/confmgt
 @brief lib/confmgt: Parse, encode, manipulate configuration files.
 
@@ -6,4 +5,3 @@ This logic is used in common by our state files (statefile.c) and
 configuration files (config.c) to manage a set of named, typed fields,
 reading and writing them to disk and to the controller.
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/lib/container/lib_container.dox b/src/lib/container/lib_container.dox
index 675aaeef3f..f4902ca44a 100644
--- a/src/lib/container/lib_container.dox
+++ b/src/lib/container/lib_container.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/**
 @dir /lib/container
 @brief lib/container: Hash tables, dynamic arrays, bit arrays, etc.
 
@@ -48,4 +47,3 @@ cryptographic siphash24g function to extract hashes.
 <!-- TODO: WRITE about bloom filters, namemaps, bit-arrays, order functions.
 -->
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/lib/crypt_ops/certs.dox b/src/lib/crypt_ops/certs.dox
index 4703f07bcd..2768548b2a 100644
--- a/src/lib/crypt_ops/certs.dox
+++ b/src/lib/crypt_ops/certs.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/**
 
 @page certificates Certificates in Tor.
 
@@ -29,4 +28,3 @@ documents that include keys and which are signed by keys. You can
 consider these documents to be an additional kind of certificate if you
 want.)
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/lib/crypt_ops/lib_crypt_ops.dox b/src/lib/crypt_ops/lib_crypt_ops.dox
index 515c67f1c0..4e675e4871 100644
--- a/src/lib/crypt_ops/lib_crypt_ops.dox
+++ b/src/lib/crypt_ops/lib_crypt_ops.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/**
 @dir /lib/crypt_ops
 @brief lib/crypt_ops: Cryptographic operations.
 
@@ -136,4 +135,3 @@ secret object to disk, encrypted with a passphrase.  The crypto_pwbox
 and crypto_unpwbox functions do so in a way that's likely to be
 readable by future versions of Tor.
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/lib/ctime/lib_ctime.dox b/src/lib/ctime/lib_ctime.dox
index 2bcd0f036a..913199f6a5 100644
--- a/src/lib/ctime/lib_ctime.dox
+++ b/src/lib/ctime/lib_ctime.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/**
 @dir /lib/ctime
 @brief lib/ctime: Constant-time code to avoid side-channels.
 
@@ -13,4 +12,3 @@ consider calls to memcmp() to be in error, we require that code that actually
 doesn't need to be constant-time to use the fast_memeq() / fast_memneq() /
 fast_memcmp() aliases instead.
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/lib/defs/lib_defs.dox b/src/lib/defs/lib_defs.dox
index 8ed4d7a0af..5762e4550b 100644
--- a/src/lib/defs/lib_defs.dox
+++ b/src/lib/defs/lib_defs.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
-/**
 @dir /lib/defs
 @brief lib/defs: Lowest-level constants, used in many places.
-**/
diff --git a/src/lib/dispatch/lib_dispatch.dox b/src/lib/dispatch/lib_dispatch.dox
index 955b7df64f..153ca50080 100644
--- a/src/lib/dispatch/lib_dispatch.dox
+++ b/src/lib/dispatch/lib_dispatch.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/**
 @dir /lib/dispatch
 @brief lib/dispatch: In-process message delivery.
 
@@ -13,4 +12,3 @@ This is not a fancy multi-threaded many-to-many dispatcher as you may be used
 to from more sophisticated architectures: this dispatcher is intended only
 for use in improving Tor's architecture.
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/lib/encoding/lib_encoding.dox b/src/lib/encoding/lib_encoding.dox
index ca698cb183..66dd9d8caf 100644
--- a/src/lib/encoding/lib_encoding.dox
+++ b/src/lib/encoding/lib_encoding.dox
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-/**
 @dir /lib/encoding
 @brief lib/encoding: Encoding data in various forms, types, and transformations
 
 Here we have time formats (timefmt.c), quoted strings (qstring.c), C strings
 (string.c) base-16/32/64 (binascii.c), and more.
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/lib/err/lib_err.dox b/src/lib/err/lib_err.dox
index d1479b1140..cb4eba2e0d 100644
--- a/src/lib/err/lib_err.dox
+++ b/src/lib/err/lib_err.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/**
 @dir /lib/err
 @brief lib/err: Lowest-level error handling code.
 
@@ -12,4 +11,3 @@ There are three kinds of users for the functions in this module:
   * Code that needs signal-safe error reporting.
   * Higher-level error handling code.
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/lib/evloop/lib_evloop.dox b/src/lib/evloop/lib_evloop.dox
index 52fcf67755..830be88148 100644
--- a/src/lib/evloop/lib_evloop.dox
+++ b/src/lib/evloop/lib_evloop.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/**
 @dir /lib/evloop
 @brief lib/evloop: Low-level event loop.
 
@@ -6,4 +5,3 @@ This modules has tools to manage the [libevent](https://libevent.org/) event
 loop and related functionality, in order to implement asynchronous
 networking, timers, periodic events, and other scheduling tasks.
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/lib/evloop/time_periodic.dox b/src/lib/evloop/time_periodic.dox
index b12ae63bdd..8b3589d9db 100644
--- a/src/lib/evloop/time_periodic.dox
+++ b/src/lib/evloop/time_periodic.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/**
 
 @page time_periodic Time and periodic events in Tor
 
@@ -75,4 +74,3 @@ platforms.  (The timers.c module uses William Ahern's timeout.c
 implementation as its backend, which is based on a hierarchical timing
 wheel algorithm. It's cool stuff; check it out.)
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/lib/fdio/lib_fdio.dox b/src/lib/fdio/lib_fdio.dox
index 9e2fda617a..9fe4b4d2be 100644
--- a/src/lib/fdio/lib_fdio.dox
+++ b/src/lib/fdio/lib_fdio.dox
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-/**
 @dir /lib/fdio
 @brief lib/fdio: Code to read/write on file descriptors.
 
 (This module also handles sockets, on platforms where a socket is not a kind
 of fd.)
-**/
diff --git a/src/lib/fs/lib_fs.dox b/src/lib/fs/lib_fs.dox
index 4466250bb8..3b5b0ac7d5 100644
--- a/src/lib/fs/lib_fs.dox
+++ b/src/lib/fs/lib_fs.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/**
 @dir /lib/fs
 @brief lib/fs: Files, filenames, directories, etc.
 
@@ -8,4 +7,3 @@ operating-system-specific filesystem access.
 It also contains a set of convenience functions for safely writing to files,
 creating directories, and so on.
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/lib/geoip/lib_geoip.dox b/src/lib/geoip/lib_geoip.dox
index da1123640b..a3ee39d574 100644
--- a/src/lib/geoip/lib_geoip.dox
+++ b/src/lib/geoip/lib_geoip.dox
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-/**
 @dir /lib/geoip
 @brief lib/geoip: IP-to-country mapping
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/lib/intmath/lib_intmath.dox b/src/lib/intmath/lib_intmath.dox
index e9b7044706..4446b715cb 100644
--- a/src/lib/intmath/lib_intmath.dox
+++ b/src/lib/intmath/lib_intmath.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
-/**
 @dir /lib/intmath
 @brief lib/intmath: Integer mathematics.
-**/
diff --git a/src/lib/lib.dox b/src/lib/lib.dox
index fdf2c47687..4f77a4c1d0 100644
--- a/src/lib/lib.dox
+++ b/src/lib/lib.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/**
 @dir /lib
 @brief lib: low-level functionality.
 
@@ -130,4 +129,3 @@ If you are using platform-specific `ifdef`s to manage compatibility
 issues among platforms, you should probably consider whether you can
 put your code into lib.
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/lib/lock/lib_lock.dox b/src/lib/lock/lib_lock.dox
index 868b5ba7d4..6f6727bfc2 100644
--- a/src/lib/lock/lib_lock.dox
+++ b/src/lib/lock/lib_lock.dox
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-/**
 @dir /lib/lock
 @brief lib/lock: Simple locking support.
 
 This module is more low-level than the rest of the threading code, since it
 is needed by more intermediate-level modules.
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/lib/log/lib_log.dox b/src/lib/log/lib_log.dox
index a772dc3207..8740d6a02f 100644
--- a/src/lib/log/lib_log.dox
+++ b/src/lib/log/lib_log.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/**
 @dir /lib/log
 @brief lib/log: Log messages to files, syslogs, etc.
 
@@ -9,4 +8,3 @@ specifically written to avoid having to log, because the logging module
 depends on it.
 
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/lib/malloc/lib_malloc.dox b/src/lib/malloc/lib_malloc.dox
index c05e4c6473..ff61722f02 100644
--- a/src/lib/malloc/lib_malloc.dox
+++ b/src/lib/malloc/lib_malloc.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/**
 @dir /lib/malloc
 @brief lib/malloc: Wrappers and utilities for memory management.
 
@@ -75,4 +74,3 @@ using the FREE_AND_NULL macro, as follows:
 #define x_free(ptr) FREE_AND_NULL(x_t, x_free_, (ptr))
 ```
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/lib/math/lib_math.dox b/src/lib/math/lib_math.dox
index f20d7092b3..9cc256d24b 100644
--- a/src/lib/math/lib_math.dox
+++ b/src/lib/math/lib_math.dox
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-/**
 @dir /lib/math
 @brief lib/math: Floating-point math utilities.
 
 This module includes a bunch of floating-point compatibility code, and
 implementations for several probability distributions.
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/lib/memarea/lib_memarea.dox b/src/lib/memarea/lib_memarea.dox
index 041191482d..fe5cb8293f 100644
--- a/src/lib/memarea/lib_memarea.dox
+++ b/src/lib/memarea/lib_memarea.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/**
 @dir /lib/memarea
 @brief lib/memarea: A fast arena-style allocator.
 
@@ -27,4 +26,3 @@ The allocation functions `memarea_alloc()`, `memarea_alloc_zero()`,
 to the similarly-named malloc() functions.  There is intentionally no
 `memarea_free()` or `memarea_realloc()`.
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/lib/meminfo/lib_meminfo.dox b/src/lib/meminfo/lib_meminfo.dox
index b57e60525e..87f509d648 100644
--- a/src/lib/meminfo/lib_meminfo.dox
+++ b/src/lib/meminfo/lib_meminfo.dox
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-/**
 @dir /lib/meminfo
 @brief lib/meminfo: Inspecting malloc() usage.
 
 Only available when malloc() provides mallinfo() or something similar.
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/lib/net/lib_net.dox b/src/lib/net/lib_net.dox
index b4c00405d7..b61878d827 100644
--- a/src/lib/net/lib_net.dox
+++ b/src/lib/net/lib_net.dox
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-/**
 @dir /lib/net
 @brief lib/net: Low-level network-related code.
 
 This module includes address manipulation, compatibility wrappers,
 convenience functions, and so on.
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/lib/osinfo/lib_osinfo.dox b/src/lib/osinfo/lib_osinfo.dox
index 4d9b1a6d76..0678ecc21e 100644
--- a/src/lib/osinfo/lib_osinfo.dox
+++ b/src/lib/osinfo/lib_osinfo.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/**
 @dir /lib/osinfo
 @brief lib/osinfo: For inspecting the OS version and capabilities.
 
@@ -7,4 +6,3 @@ system they are running.  We shouldn't make decisions based on the output of
 these checks: instead, we should have more specific checks, either at compile
 time or run time, based on the observed system behavior.
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/lib/process/lib_process.dox b/src/lib/process/lib_process.dox
index 723c9f193d..354129e70e 100644
--- a/src/lib/process/lib_process.dox
+++ b/src/lib/process/lib_process.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
-/**
 @dir /lib/process
 @brief lib/process: Launch and manage subprocesses.
-**/
diff --git a/src/lib/pubsub/lib_pubsub.dox b/src/lib/pubsub/lib_pubsub.dox
index c033660121..3f4c473436 100644
--- a/src/lib/pubsub/lib_pubsub.dox
+++ b/src/lib/pubsub/lib_pubsub.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/**
 @dir /lib/pubsub
 @brief lib/pubsub: Publish-subscribe message passing.
 
@@ -13,4 +12,3 @@ would be clumsy and tend to complicate the call graph.)
 
 See pubsub.c for more information.
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/lib/sandbox/lib_sandbox.dox b/src/lib/sandbox/lib_sandbox.dox
index 48eddac685..dd168c9b13 100644
--- a/src/lib/sandbox/lib_sandbox.dox
+++ b/src/lib/sandbox/lib_sandbox.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/**
 @dir /lib/sandbox
 @brief lib/sandbox: Linux seccomp2-based sandbox.
 
@@ -14,4 +13,3 @@ A better architecture would put the responsibility for invoking tricky system
 calls (like open()) in another, less restricted process, and give that
 process responsibility for enforcing our sandbox rules.
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/lib/smartlist_core/lib_smartlist_core.dox b/src/lib/smartlist_core/lib_smartlist_core.dox
index 73c3b69056..c031dd6f24 100644
--- a/src/lib/smartlist_core/lib_smartlist_core.dox
+++ b/src/lib/smartlist_core/lib_smartlist_core.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/**
 @dir /lib/smartlist_core
 @brief lib/smartlist_core: Minimal dynamic array implementation
 
@@ -9,4 +8,3 @@ There are higher-level pieces in \refdir{lib/container} but
 the ones in lib/smartlist_core are used by the logging code, and therefore
 cannot use the logging code.
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/lib/string/lib_string.dox b/src/lib/string/lib_string.dox
index c8793ddf91..98e3e652ed 100644
--- a/src/lib/string/lib_string.dox
+++ b/src/lib/string/lib_string.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/**
 @dir /lib/string
 @brief lib/string: Low-level string manipulation.
 
@@ -12,4 +11,3 @@ in the rest of the codebase.
 
 Any string function high-level enough to need logging belongs in a
 higher-level module.
-**/
diff --git a/src/lib/string/strings.dox b/src/lib/string/strings.dox
index 71c9826800..b22574a05a 100644
--- a/src/lib/string/strings.dox
+++ b/src/lib/string/strings.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/**
 
 @page strings String processing in Tor
 
diff --git a/src/lib/subsys/initialization.dox b/src/lib/subsys/initialization.dox
index 561cd17bab..012ab7000d 100644
--- a/src/lib/subsys/initialization.dox
+++ b/src/lib/subsys/initialization.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/**
 
 @page initialization Initialization and shutdown
 
@@ -74,4 +73,3 @@ must occur _after_ the initialization process, during configuration.
 
 
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/lib/subsys/lib_subsys.dox b/src/lib/subsys/lib_subsys.dox
index 1a22a2d808..764d25d1b6 100644
--- a/src/lib/subsys/lib_subsys.dox
+++ b/src/lib/subsys/lib_subsys.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/**
 @dir /lib/subsys
 @brief lib/subsys: Types for declaring a "subsystem".
 
@@ -31,4 +30,3 @@ that are initialized from `tor_init()` or `run_tor_main_loop()` or
 these to subsystems over time; please don't add any new code that follows
 this pattern.
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/lib/term/lib_term.dox b/src/lib/term/lib_term.dox
index 3bf2f960ab..f96d25ffe8 100644
--- a/src/lib/term/lib_term.dox
+++ b/src/lib/term/lib_term.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
-/**
 @dir /lib/term
 @brief lib/term: Terminal operations (password input).
-**/
diff --git a/src/lib/testsupport/lib_testsupport.dox b/src/lib/testsupport/lib_testsupport.dox
index c09c32e478..7358e6a80f 100644
--- a/src/lib/testsupport/lib_testsupport.dox
+++ b/src/lib/testsupport/lib_testsupport.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
-/**
 @dir /lib/testsupport
 @brief lib/testsupport: Helpers for test-only code and for function mocking.
-**/
diff --git a/src/lib/thread/lib_thread.dox b/src/lib/thread/lib_thread.dox
index 2773aa009d..5870ad790f 100644
--- a/src/lib/thread/lib_thread.dox
+++ b/src/lib/thread/lib_thread.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/**
 @dir /lib/thread
 @brief lib/thread: Mid-level threading.
 
@@ -6,4 +5,3 @@ This module contains compatibility and convenience code for multithreading,
 except for low-level locks (which are in \refdir{lib/lock} and
 workqueue/threadpool code (which belongs in \refdir{lib/evloop}.)
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/lib/thread/threading.dox b/src/lib/thread/threading.dox
index e15d584408..a1058c97de 100644
--- a/src/lib/thread/threading.dox
+++ b/src/lib/thread/threading.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/**
 
 @page threading Threading in Tor
 
@@ -25,4 +24,3 @@ Try to minimize sharing between threads: it is usually best to simply
 make the worker "own" all the data it needs while the work is in
 progress, and to give up ownership when it's complete.
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/lib/time/lib_time.dox b/src/lib/time/lib_time.dox
index b76a31fb97..8e58aafcd8 100644
--- a/src/lib/time/lib_time.dox
+++ b/src/lib/time/lib_time.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/**
 @dir /lib/time
 @brief lib/time: Higher-level time functions
 
@@ -8,4 +7,3 @@ wrappers for them to try to improve efficiency.
 For "what time is it" in UTC, see \refdir{lib/wallclock}.  For parsing and
 encoding times and dates, see \refdir{lib/encoding}.
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/lib/tls/lib_tls.dox b/src/lib/tls/lib_tls.dox
index f0dba269e8..26fea723f9 100644
--- a/src/lib/tls/lib_tls.dox
+++ b/src/lib/tls/lib_tls.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/**
 @dir /lib/tls
 @brief lib/tls: TLS library wrappers
 
@@ -10,4 +9,3 @@ It also implements the logic for some legacy TLS protocol usage we used to
 support in old versions of Tor, involving conditional delivery of certificate
 chains (v1 link protocol) and conditional renegotiation (v2 link protocol).
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/lib/trace/lib_trace.dox b/src/lib/trace/lib_trace.dox
index 64f762bc3e..a7a32529b0 100644
--- a/src/lib/trace/lib_trace.dox
+++ b/src/lib/trace/lib_trace.dox
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-/**
 @dir /lib/trace
 @brief lib/trace: Function-tracing functionality API.
 
 This module is used for adding "trace" support (low-granularity function
 logging) to Tor.  Right now it doesn't have many users.
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/lib/version/lib_version.dox b/src/lib/version/lib_version.dox
index 93d2fb6b9b..ccc45920f9 100644
--- a/src/lib/version/lib_version.dox
+++ b/src/lib/version/lib_version.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
-/**
 @dir /lib/version
 @brief lib/version: holds the current version of Tor.
-**/
diff --git a/src/lib/wallclock/lib_wallclock.dox b/src/lib/wallclock/lib_wallclock.dox
index 7d43fa6129..f21721f6f6 100644
--- a/src/lib/wallclock/lib_wallclock.dox
+++ b/src/lib/wallclock/lib_wallclock.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/**
 @dir /lib/wallclock
 @brief lib/wallclock: Inspect and manipulate the current time.
 
@@ -10,4 +9,3 @@ For versions of the time that are more local, more monotonic, or more
 accurate, see \refdir{lib/time}.  For parsing and encoding times and dates,
 see \refdir{lib/encoding}.
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/mainpage.dox b/src/mainpage.dox
index e3b17cf16b..a2c5ec6302 100644
--- a/src/mainpage.dox
+++ b/src/mainpage.dox
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/**
 @mainpage Tor source reference
 
 @tableofcontents
@@ -42,9 +41,7 @@ Tor repository.
 
 @subpage time_periodic
 
-**/
 
-/**
 @page intro A high-level overview
 
 @tableofcontents
@@ -144,4 +141,3 @@ more connection types.
 A 'Node' (node_t) is a view of a Tor instance's current knowledge and opinions
 about a Tor relay or bridge.
 
-**/
diff --git a/src/tools/tools.dox b/src/tools/tools.dox
index 1168ed5bad..1f00381679 100644
--- a/src/tools/tools.dox
+++ b/src/tools/tools.dox
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-/**
 @dir /tools
 @brief tools: other command-line tools for use with Tor.
 
 The "tools" directory has a few other programs that use Tor, but are not part
 of the main Tor binary.
 
-**/