diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index 438dfe76b9898..7962d0daa6386 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ my $anon_struct_union = 0;
 
 # match expressions used to find embedded type information
 my $type_constant = '\b``([^\`]+)``\b';
-my $type_constant2 = '\%([-_\w]+)';
+my $type_constant2 = '\%([-_*\w]+)';
 my $type_func = '(\w+)\(\)';
 my $type_param = '\@(\w*((\.\w+)|(->\w+))*(\.\.\.)?)';
 my $type_param_ref = '([\!~\*]?)\@(\w*((\.\w+)|(->\w+))*(\.\.\.)?)';