diff --git a/compiler/docgen.nim b/compiler/docgen.nim
index 739f0dbddfc90..0a168b5046463 100644
--- a/compiler/docgen.nim
+++ b/compiler/docgen.nim
@@ -805,9 +805,7 @@ proc getAllRunnableExamples(d: PDoc, n: PNode, dest: var ItemPre) =
 proc isVisible(d: PDoc; n: PNode): bool =
   result = false
   if n.kind == nkPostfix:
-    if n.len == 2 and n[0].kind == nkIdent:
-      var v = n[0].ident
-      result = v.id == ord(wStar) or v.id == ord(wMinus)
+    result = isVisible(d, n[1])
   elif n.kind == nkSym:
     # we cannot generate code for forwarded symbols here as we have no
     # exception tracking information here. Instead we copy over the comment
diff --git a/compiler/renderer.nim b/compiler/renderer.nim
index c9d527fd6ee3c..7c0af80f43dcb 100644
--- a/compiler/renderer.nim
+++ b/compiler/renderer.nim
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ proc isExported(n: PNode): bool =
   ## This is meant to be used with idents in nkIdentDefs.
   case n.kind
   of nkPostfix:
-    n[0].ident.s == "*" and n[1].kind == nkIdent
+    true
   of nkPragmaExpr:
     n[0].isExported()
   else: false
@@ -1429,7 +1429,7 @@ proc gsub(g: var TSrcGen, n: PNode, c: TContext, fromStmtList = false) =
       let s = n[1].sym
       var ret = renderDefinitionName(s)
       ret.genSymSuffix(s)
-      put(g, tkSymbol, ret)
+      put(g, tkSymbol, ret, if renderSyms in g.flags: s else: nil)
     else:
       gsub(g, n, 1)
     if renderNoPostfix notin g.flags: