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@@ -269,7 +269,10 @@ Use the argument mechanism to document members or constants.
Inside a struct description, you can use the "private:" and "public:"
comment tags. Structure fields that are inside a "private:" area
-are not listed in the generated output documentation.
+are not listed in the generated output documentation. The "private:"
+and "public:" tags must begin immediately following a "/*" comment
+marker. They may optionally include comments between the ":" and the
+ending "*/" marker.
Example:
@@ -283,7 +286,7 @@ Example:
struct my_struct {
int a;
int b;
-/* private: */
+/* private: internal use only */
int c;
};