diff --git a/Surface_mesher/doc/Surface_mesher/Concepts/SurfaceMeshTriangulation_3.h b/Surface_mesher/doc/Surface_mesher/Concepts/SurfaceMeshTriangulation_3.h
index b489a09d628..16cc947d83f 100644
--- a/Surface_mesher/doc/Surface_mesher/Concepts/SurfaceMeshTriangulation_3.h
+++ b/Surface_mesher/doc/Surface_mesher/Concepts/SurfaceMeshTriangulation_3.h
@@ -238,15 +238,6 @@ template <class OutputIterator>
 OutputIterator 
 incident_cells(Vertex_handle v, OutputIterator cells) const; 
 
-/*!
-Copies the `Cell_handle`s of all cells incident to `v` to the output 
-iterator `cells`. If `t.dimension() < 3`, then do nothing. 
-Returns the resulting output iterator. 
-*/ 
-template <class OutputIterator> 
-OutputIterator 
-incident_cells(Vertex_handle v, OutputIterator cells) const; 
-
 /*!
 Tests whether `p` is a vertex of `t` by locating `p` in 
 the triangulation. If `p` is found, the associated vertex `v`