diff --git a/doc/doxygen/modules.txt b/doc/doxygen/modules.txt
index 1f3f21bb431be9dabd66263cc6704c0ed4ebf00e..c939ebdcaf6b59743ec213456a24c61c14d44a20 100644
--- a/doc/doxygen/modules.txt
+++ b/doc/doxygen/modules.txt
@@ -428,5 +428,5 @@
 /* ***************** Parallel ******************/
 /*!
  * \defgroup Parallel Parallel
- *  TODO: Doc me in modules.txt!
+ * \brief Helpers for parallel runs with MPI
  */
diff --git a/dumux/parallel/vertexhandles.hh b/dumux/parallel/vertexhandles.hh
index 30abd112145229387b4c910802df32f84a54e839..dfbb61dcd779dbf9bc83f0a5dd07b667e7f8a464 100644
--- a/dumux/parallel/vertexhandles.hh
+++ b/dumux/parallel/vertexhandles.hh
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@
  *****************************************************************************/
 /*!
  * \file
- *
- * \brief Provides data handles for parallel communication which
- *        operate on vertices
+ * \ingroup Parallel
+ * \brief Provides data handles for parallel communication which operate on vertices
+ * \note This is useful for schemes with degrees of freedom on vertices (box scheme)
  */
 #ifndef DUMUX_VERTEX_HANDLES_HH
 #define DUMUX_VERTEX_HANDLES_HH
@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@
 #include <dune/grid/common/datahandleif.hh>
 
 
-namespace Dumux
-{
+namespace Dumux {
+
 /*!
+ * \ingroup Parallel
  * \brief Data handle for parallel communication which sums up all
  *        values are attached to vertices
  */
@@ -206,6 +207,6 @@ private:
     Container &container_;
 };
 
-}
+} // end namespace Dumux
 
 #endif