diff --git a/dune/common/mallocallocator.hh b/dune/common/mallocallocator.hh
index 5d118aeb6e1efee7217a13531b489310fa4f5b18..3a2a7fbd7d738bf6c882d3e1c892de729804bc23 100644
--- a/dune/common/mallocallocator.hh
+++ b/dune/common/mallocallocator.hh
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <new>
 
+/**
+ * @file
+ * @brief Allocators that use malloc/free.
+ */
 namespace Dune
 {
   /**