diff --git a/master.cfg b/master.cfg
index 0133514..e8c67cf 100644
--- a/master.cfg
+++ b/master.cfg
@@ -224,7 +224,8 @@ send to the gdb-testers mailing list."""
     # went wrong.
     text += "\n"
     if isrebuild and isrebuild == 'yes':
-        text += "\nWARNING: This was a REBUILD request!  The previous build (build #%s) MAY NOT BE the ancestor of the current build!\n\n" % properties.getProperty ('buildnumber')
+        text += "\n*** WARNING: This was a REBUILD request! ***\n"
+        text += "*** The previous build (build #%s) MAY NOT BE the ancestor of the current build! ***\n\n" % properties.getProperty ('buildnumber')
     found_regressions = False
     for log in build.getLogs ():
         st = log.getStep ()
@@ -276,7 +277,7 @@ send to the gdb-testers mailing list."""
 
         xfail = os.path.join (gdb_web_base, name, 'xfails', branch, 'xfail')
         if os.path.exists (xfail):
-            text += "\n\n***Failures that are being ignored:\n"
+            text += "\n\n*** Failures that are being ignored ***\n"
             text += "============================\n"
             with open (xfail, 'r') as f:
                 text += f.read ()