How to get the * (asterisk) to show in <kbd> mode if used twice

Question

I tried to improve on an edit that should show

<kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>*</kbd> or <kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>*</kbd>

in the text.

However this comes out as Ctrl+ or Alt+. I ended up inserting backquotes around the *, resulting in Ctrl+* or Alt+*

As single Ctrl+* shows fine, is there a better way to solve this?

Answer 1

You can backslash the Markdown characters:

<kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>\*</kbd> or <kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>\*</kbd>

gives

Ctrl+* or Alt+*.