diff --git a/CHANGES/1203.doc.rst b/CHANGES/1203.doc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7c7cb2415
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/1203.doc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Replaced docstring for :meth:`multidict.MultiDict.update` to don't use RST/markdown markup.
diff --git a/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt b/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt
index a40068ed0..5a6069e75 100644
--- a/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt
+++ b/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ fallback
 fastpath
 filename
 formatters
+RST
+docstring
 gcc
 getitem
 github
diff --git a/multidict/_multidict.c b/multidict/_multidict.c
index cd9589311..887aa6b2e 100644
--- a/multidict/_multidict.c
+++ b/multidict/_multidict.c
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(multidict_popitem_doc,
              "Remove and return an arbitrary (key, value) pair.");
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(multidict_update_doc,
-             "Update the dictionary from *other*, overwriting existing keys.");
+             "Update the dictionary, overwriting existing keys.");
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(sizeof__doc__, "D.__sizeof__() -> size of D in memory, in bytes");
 
diff --git a/multidict/_multidict_py.py b/multidict/_multidict_py.py
index f9fa25671..31ef3ef47 100644
--- a/multidict/_multidict_py.py
+++ b/multidict/_multidict_py.py
@@ -985,7 +985,7 @@ def popitem(self) -> tuple[str, _V]:
         return ret
 
     def update(self, arg: MDArg[_V] = None, /, **kwargs: _V) -> None:
-        """Update the dictionary from *other*, overwriting existing keys."""
+        """Update the dictionary, overwriting existing keys."""
         items = self._parse_args(arg, kwargs)
         newsize = self._used + len(items)
         log2_size = estimate_log2_keysize(newsize)