diff --git a/common/autoptr.hh b/common/autoptr.hh
index 5094c551b139d1fa7115758fbf684ec1f5e262da..a89b14a29cbd0e0506894d4b75557c1e74c29269 100644
--- a/common/autoptr.hh
+++ b/common/autoptr.hh
@@ -4,6 +4,15 @@
 #define DUNE_AUTOPTR_HH
 
 namespace Dune {
+
+  /** @addtogroup Common
+      @{
+   */
+
+  /** \file
+     Class implementing automatic reference counting
+   */
+
   /** \brief An auto pointer class */
   template <class Pointer>
   class AutoPointer
@@ -90,5 +99,8 @@ namespace Dune {
       return (*this);
     }
   };
+
+  /** @} */
+
 } // end namespace Dune
 #endif