diff --git a/Stream_support/include/CGAL/IO/LAS/read_las_points.h b/Stream_support/include/CGAL/IO/LAS/read_las_points.h
index 19dd476bf3d..01267cb32a0 100644
--- a/Stream_support/include/CGAL/IO/LAS/read_las_points.h
+++ b/Stream_support/include/CGAL/IO/LAS/read_las_points.h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ namespace CGAL {
 
 namespace IO {
 
-
+/// \cond SKIP_IN_MANUAL
 
 namespace internal {
 
@@ -226,6 +226,8 @@ void process_properties (const LASpoint& reader, OutputValueType& new_element,
 } // namespace internal
 
 
+/// \endcond
+
 // documenation in ../LAS.h
 template <typename OutputIteratorValueType,
           typename PointOutputIterator,