diff --git a/src/compiler/enums.h b/src/compiler/enums.h
index 48b26482b..aa8ad1c4b 100644
--- a/src/compiler/enums.h
+++ b/src/compiler/enums.h
@@ -1240,8 +1240,8 @@ typedef enum
 	TOKEN_CT_VAEXPR,            // $vaexpr,
 	TOKEN_CT_VASPLAT,           // $vasplat,
 	TOKEN_LAST_KEYWORD = TOKEN_CT_VASPLAT,
-	TOKEN_DOCS_START,       // /**
-	TOKEN_DOCS_END,         // */ (may start with an arbitrary number of `*`
+	TOKEN_DOCS_START,       // <*
+	TOKEN_DOCS_END,         // *> (may start with an arbitrary number of `*`
 	TOKEN_DOCS_EOL,
 
 	TOKEN_EOF,              // \n - SHOULD ALWAYS BE THE LAST TOKEN.
diff --git a/src/compiler/lexer.c b/src/compiler/lexer.c
index 1cabdd1ac..e60480f92 100644
--- a/src/compiler/lexer.c
+++ b/src/compiler/lexer.c
@@ -1197,7 +1197,6 @@ static bool parse_doc_start(Lexer *lexer)
 			case '*':
 				// We might have <* Hello *>
 				if (peek_next(lexer) == '>') goto EXIT;
-				may_have_contract = false;
 				next(lexer);
 				continue;
 			case '@':
diff --git a/src/compiler/parse_global.c b/src/compiler/parse_global.c
index 1ce3fa4fa..9f61d179f 100644
--- a/src/compiler/parse_global.c
+++ b/src/compiler/parse_global.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #include "compiler_internal.h"
 #include "parser_internal.h"
+#include <stdio.h>
 
 typedef enum FunctionParse_
 {
@@ -2660,6 +2661,9 @@ static bool parse_contracts(ParseContext *c, AstId *contracts_ref)
 		// Skip empty lines.
 		if (try_consume(c, TOKEN_DOCS_EOL)) continue;
 
+		// If we have a '*', skip it and continue reading 
+		if (try_consume(c, TOKEN_STAR)) continue;
+
 		if (!tok_is(c, TOKEN_AT_IDENT))
 		{
 			PRINT_ERROR_HERE("Expected a directive starting with '@' here, like '@param' or `@require`");