diff --git a/doc/quakeforge.dox.conf.in b/doc/quakeforge.dox.conf.in
index 067381054..428ebfe4b 100644
--- a/doc/quakeforge.dox.conf.in
+++ b/doc/quakeforge.dox.conf.in
@@ -629,6 +629,9 @@ EXCLUDE               += @TOPSRC@/tools/Forge
 EXCLUDE               += @TOPSRC@/include/QF/GL
 EXCLUDE               += @TOPSRC@/include/block16.h
 EXCLUDE               += @TOPSRC@/include/block8.h
+EXCLUDE               += @TOPSRC@/doc/template.dox
+EXCLUDE               += @TOPSRC@/doc/template.c
+EXCLUDE               += @TOPSRC@/doc/template.h
 
 # The EXCLUDE_SYMLINKS tag can be used select whether or not files or
 # directories that are symbolic links (a Unix filesystem feature) are excluded
diff --git a/doc/template.dox b/doc/template.dox
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..75cea52ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/template.dox
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+//unfortunately, have to wrap the docs in a C comment for doxygen
+// vim:tw=74:formatoptions-=l
+/**
+\page name Title
+text
+*/