diff --git a/SystemTools.hxx.in b/SystemTools.hxx.in
index 9f341c7dfbc6d5293903502a7378afe0285a72ea..7fa88f56e81086dc693a30f280bc3347928d37dc 100644
--- a/SystemTools.hxx.in
+++ b/SystemTools.hxx.in
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ namespace @KWSYS_NAMESPACE@
 {
 
 class SystemToolsTranslationMap;
+/** \class SystemToolsManager
+ * \brief Use to make sure SystemTools is initialized before it is used
+ * and is the last static object destroyed
+ */
 class @KWSYS_NAMESPACE@_EXPORT SystemToolsManager
 {
 public: