diff --git a/Surface_mesh_approximation/include/CGAL/Variational_shape_approximation.h b/Surface_mesh_approximation/include/CGAL/Variational_shape_approximation.h
index 75c4cd94b6c..c4815d69ad4 100644
--- a/Surface_mesh_approximation/include/CGAL/Variational_shape_approximation.h
+++ b/Surface_mesh_approximation/include/CGAL/Variational_shape_approximation.h
@@ -891,12 +891,10 @@ public:
       put(face_proxy_map, f, get(m_fproxy_map, f));
   }
 
-  /// \cond SKIP_IN_MANUAL
   /*!
    * @brief dummy function for named parameters.
    */
   void proxy_map(boost::param_not_found) const {}
-  /// \endcond
 
   /*!
    * @brief gets the face region of the specified proxy.
@@ -925,14 +923,11 @@ public:
       *out++ = pxw.px;
   }
 
-  /// \cond SKIP_IN_MANUAL
   /*!
    * @brief dummy function for named parameters.
    */
   void proxies(boost::param_not_found) const {}
-  /// \endcond
 
-  /// \cond SKIP_IN_MANUAL
   /*!
    * @brief gets the wrapped proxies.
    * @tparam OutputIterator output iterator with Proxy_wrapper as value type
@@ -943,7 +938,6 @@ public:
     BOOST_FOREACH(const Proxy_wrapper &pxw, m_proxies)
       *out++ = pxw;
   }
-  /// \endcond
 
   /*!
    * @brief gets the anchor points, which have the area-averaged position of the projected anchor vertex points on the incident proxies.
@@ -956,12 +950,10 @@ public:
       *out++ = a.pos;
   }
 
-  /// \cond SKIP_IN_MANUAL
   /*!
    * @brief dummy function for named parameters.
    */
   void anchor_points(boost::param_not_found) const {}
-  /// \endcond
 
   /*!
    * @brief gets the anchor vertices.
@@ -986,12 +978,10 @@ public:
       *out++ = t;
   }
 
-  /// \cond SKIP_IN_MANUAL
   /*!
    * @brief dummy function for named parameters.
    */
   void indexed_triangles(boost::param_not_found) const {}
-  /// \endcond
 
   /*!
    * @brief gets the indexed boundary polygon approximation.