diff --git a/doc/specs/vulkan/chapters/descriptorsets.txt b/doc/specs/vulkan/chapters/descriptorsets.txt
index 6e40b263..1e60aa44 100644
--- a/doc/specs/vulkan/chapters/descriptorsets.txt
+++ b/doc/specs/vulkan/chapters/descriptorsets.txt
@@ -2373,6 +2373,15 @@ include::../api/protos/vkUpdateDescriptorSetWithTemplateKHR.txt[]
     of slink:VkDescriptorImageInfo, slink:VkDescriptorBufferInfo, or
     slink:VkBufferView used to write the descriptors.
 
+.Valid Usage
+****
+  * pname:pData must: be a pointer to a memory that contains one or more
+    valid instances of slink:VkDescriptorImageInfo,
+    slink:VkDescriptorBufferInfo, or slink:VkBufferView in a layout defined
+    by pname:descriptorUpdateTemplate when it was created with
+    flink:vkCreateDescriptorUpdateTemplateKHR
+****
+
 include::../validity/protos/vkUpdateDescriptorSetWithTemplateKHR.txt[]
 
 .API example
@@ -2699,6 +2708,11 @@ include::../api/protos/vkCmdPushDescriptorSetWithTemplateKHR.txt[]
     The pipelineBindPoint specified during the creation of the descriptor
     update template must: be supported by the pname:commandBuffer's parent
     sname:VkCommandPool's queue family
+  * pname:pData must: be a pointer to a memory that contains one or more
+    valid instances of slink:VkDescriptorImageInfo,
+    slink:VkDescriptorBufferInfo, or slink:VkBufferView in a layout defined
+    by pname:descriptorUpdateTemplate when it was created with
+    flink:vkCreateDescriptorUpdateTemplateKHR
 ****
 
 include::../validity/protos/vkCmdPushDescriptorSetWithTemplateKHR.txt[]
diff --git a/src/spec/validitygenerator.py b/src/spec/validitygenerator.py
index cfae2857..355ad982 100644
--- a/src/spec/validitygenerator.py
+++ b/src/spec/validitygenerator.py
@@ -406,22 +406,28 @@ class ValidityOutputGenerator(OutputGenerator):
 
         elif self.paramIsPointer(param):
             # Handle pointers - which are really special case arrays (i.e. they don't have a length)
+            #TODO  should do something here if someone ever uses some intricate comma-separated `optional`
             pointercount = paramtype.tail.count('*')
 
-            # Could be multi-level pointers (e.g. ppData - pointer to a pointer). Handle that.
-            for i in range(0, pointercount):
-                asciidoc += 'a pointer to '
-
+            # Treat void* as an int
             if paramtype.text == 'void':
-                # If there's only one pointer, it's optional, and it doesn't point at anything in particular - we don't need any language.
-                if pointercount == 1 and param.attrib.get('optional') is not None:
+                pointercount -= 1
+
+            # Could be multi-level pointers (e.g. ppData - pointer to a pointer). Handle that.
+            asciidoc += 'a '
+            for i in range(0, pointercount):
+                asciidoc += 'pointer to a '
+
+            # Handle void* and pointers to it
+            if paramtype.text == 'void':
+                # If there is only void*, it is just optional int - we don't need any language.
+                if pointercount == 0 and param.attrib.get('optional') is not None:
                     return '' # early return
                 else:
-                    # Pointer to nothing in particular - delete the " to " portion
-                    asciidoc = asciidoc[:-4]
-            else:
-                # Add an article for English semantic win
-                asciidoc += 'a '
+                    if param.attrib.get('optional').split(',')[pointercount] is not None:
+                        # The last void* is just optional int (e.g. to be filled by the impl.)
+                        typetext = 'pointer value'
+
 
             # If a value is "const" that means it won't get modified, so it must be valid going into the function.
             if param.text is not None and paramtype.text != 'void':
diff --git a/src/spec/vk.xml b/src/spec/vk.xml
index 7ed72c5f..958e8d2b 100644
--- a/src/spec/vk.xml
+++ b/src/spec/vk.xml
@@ -1527,7 +1527,7 @@ private version is maintained in the 1.0 branch of the member gitlab server.
             <member values="VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_VI_SURFACE_CREATE_INFO_NN"><type>VkStructureType</type> <name>sType</name></member>
             <member>const <type>void</type>*                      <name>pNext</name></member>
             <member optional="true"><type>VkViSurfaceCreateFlagsNN</type>   <name>flags</name></member>
-            <member><type>void</type>*                            <name>window</name></member>
+            <member noautovalidity="true"><type>void</type>*                            <name>window</name></member>
         </type>
         <type category="struct" name="VkWaylandSurfaceCreateInfoKHR">
             <member values="VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_WAYLAND_SURFACE_CREATE_INFO_KHR"><type>VkStructureType</type> <name>sType</name></member>
@@ -2317,13 +2317,13 @@ private version is maintained in the 1.0 branch of the member gitlab server.
             <member values="VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_IOS_SURFACE_CREATE_INFO_MVK"><type>VkStructureType</type> <name>sType</name></member>
             <member>const <type>void</type>*                                    <name>pNext</name></member>
             <member optional="true"><type>VkIOSSurfaceCreateFlagsMVK</type>     <name>flags</name></member>
-            <member>const <type>void</type>*                                    <name>pView</name></member>
+            <member noautovalidity="true">const <type>void</type>*                                    <name>pView</name></member>
         </type>
         <type category="struct" name="VkMacOSSurfaceCreateInfoMVK">
             <member values="VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_MACOS_SURFACE_CREATE_INFO_MVK"><type>VkStructureType</type> <name>sType</name></member>
             <member>const <type>void</type>*                                    <name>pNext</name></member>
             <member optional="true"><type>VkMacOSSurfaceCreateFlagsMVK</type>   <name>flags</name></member>
-            <member>const <type>void</type>*                                    <name>pView</name></member>
+            <member noautovalidity="true">const <type>void</type>*                                    <name>pView</name></member>
         </type>
         <type category="struct" name="VkViewportWScalingNV">
             <member><type>float</type>          <name>xcoeff</name></member>
@@ -3796,7 +3796,7 @@ private version is maintained in the 1.0 branch of the member gitlab server.
             <param><type>VkDeviceSize</type> <name>offset</name></param>
             <param><type>VkDeviceSize</type> <name>size</name></param>
             <param optional="true"><type>VkMemoryMapFlags</type> <name>flags</name></param>
-            <param><type>void</type>** <name>ppData</name></param>
+            <param optional="false,true"><type>void</type>** <name>ppData</name></param>
         </command>
         <command>
             <proto><type>void</type> <name>vkUnmapMemory</name></proto>
@@ -5222,7 +5222,7 @@ private version is maintained in the 1.0 branch of the member gitlab server.
             <param><type>VkDevice</type> <name>device</name></param>
             <param externsync="true"><type>VkDescriptorSet</type> <name>descriptorSet</name></param>
             <param><type>VkDescriptorUpdateTemplateKHR</type> <name>descriptorUpdateTemplate</name></param>
-            <param>const <type>void</type>* <name>pData</name></param>
+            <param noautovalidity="true">const <type>void</type>* <name>pData</name></param>
         </command>
         <command queues="graphics,compute" renderpass="both" cmdbufferlevel="primary,secondary">
             <proto><type>void</type> <name>vkCmdPushDescriptorSetWithTemplateKHR</name></proto>
@@ -5230,7 +5230,7 @@ private version is maintained in the 1.0 branch of the member gitlab server.
             <param><type>VkDescriptorUpdateTemplateKHR</type> <name>descriptorUpdateTemplate</name></param>
             <param><type>VkPipelineLayout</type> <name>layout</name></param>
             <param><type>uint32_t</type> <name>set</name></param>
-            <param>const <type>void</type>* <name>pData</name></param>
+            <param noautovalidity="true">const <type>void</type>* <name>pData</name></param>
         </command>
         <command>
             <proto><type>void</type> <name>vkSetHdrMetadataEXT</name></proto>