diff --git a/lisp/org/ChangeLog b/lisp/org/ChangeLog
index 6af0e9bf6b9..1f4c1f90997 100644
--- a/lisp/org/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/org/ChangeLog
@@ -16,11 +16,6 @@
 
 	* org-faces.el (org-date-selected): Fix docstring.
 
-2012-04-26  Bastien Guerry  <bzg@gnu.org>
-
-	* org-ctags.el (org-ctags-new-topic-template): Remove * character
-	in front of variable docstring.
-
 2012-04-26  Nicolas Goaziou  <n.goaziou@gmail.com>
 
 	* org-list.el (org-list-struct-indent): Follow
diff --git a/lisp/org/org-ctags.el b/lisp/org/org-ctags.el
index 5874646ff48..48656190a0c 100644
--- a/lisp/org/org-ctags.el
+++ b/lisp/org/org-ctags.el
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ See the ctags documentation for more information.")
 Created as a local variable in each buffer.")
 
 (defcustom org-ctags-new-topic-template
-  "<<%t>>\n\n\n\n\n\n"
+  "* <<%t>>\n\n\n\n\n\n"
   "Text to insert when creating a new org file via opening a hyperlink.
 The following patterns are replaced in the string:
     `%t' - replaced with the capitalized title of the hyperlink"