diff --git a/Mesh_3/include/CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/make_surface_mesh.h b/Mesh_3/include/CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/make_surface_mesh.h
index 5e8a5164e95..a74ab32e424 100644
--- a/Mesh_3/include/CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/make_surface_mesh.h
+++ b/Mesh_3/include/CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/make_surface_mesh.h
@@ -165,8 +165,7 @@ namespace Polygon_mesh_processing {
 *   \cgalParamNEnd
 * \cgalNamedParamsEnd
 *
-* \todo mention no self-intersections
-
+* \pre `pmesh` must be free of self-intersections
 */
 template<typename TriangleMesh
        , typename NamedParameters>