diff --git a/BGL/doc/BGL/PackageDescription.txt b/BGL/doc/BGL/PackageDescription.txt
index 0e294531172..1e32e702df8 100644
--- a/BGL/doc/BGL/PackageDescription.txt
+++ b/BGL/doc/BGL/PackageDescription.txt
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ user might encounter.
 - `CGAL::Seam_mesh`
 
 ## I/O Functions ##
-- `CGAL::read_off()`
+- \link template <typename FaceGraph> CGAL::read_off(std::istream& is,FaceGraph& g) `CGAL::read_off(std::istream& is,FaceGraph& g)`\endlink
 - `CGAL::write_off()`
 
 */
diff --git a/Surface_mesh/include/CGAL/Surface_mesh/Surface_mesh.h b/Surface_mesh/include/CGAL/Surface_mesh/Surface_mesh.h
index 2dc6ad5ce7e..3c97bfe987f 100644
--- a/Surface_mesh/include/CGAL/Surface_mesh/Surface_mesh.h
+++ b/Surface_mesh/include/CGAL/Surface_mesh/Surface_mesh.h
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 #include <CGAL/circulator.h>
 #include <CGAL/assertions.h>
 #include <CGAL/Surface_mesh/Surface_mesh_fwd.h>
-#include <CGAL/Surface_mesh/IO.h>
 #include <CGAL/Surface_mesh/Properties.h>
 #include <CGAL/boost/graph/graph_traits_Surface_mesh.h>
 #include <CGAL/boost/graph/copy_face_graph.h>
@@ -2098,7 +2097,7 @@ private: //------------------------------------------------------- private data
       {
        std::cout<< "Warning: Facets don't seem to be oriented. Loading a Soup of polygons instead."<<std::endl;
        sm.clear();
-       return is.good();
+       return false;
       }
 
       // the first face will tell us if faces have a color map