diff --git a/scripts/generate_ssl_debug_helpers.py b/scripts/generate_ssl_debug_helpers.py
index a722c19f00..4babd0855d 100755
--- a/scripts/generate_ssl_debug_helpers.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_ssl_debug_helpers.py
@@ -296,9 +296,9 @@ OUTPUT_C_TEMPLATE = '''\
 /* Automatically generated by generate_ssl_debug_helpers.py. DO NOT EDIT. */
 
 /**
- * \file ssl_debug_helpers_generated.c
+ * \\file ssl_debug_helpers_generated.c
  *
- * \brief Automatically generated helper functions for debugging
+ * \\brief Automatically generated helper functions for debugging
  */
 /*
  *  Copyright The Mbed TLS Contributors