When commenting a function/method parameter in Doxygen style, the tooltip pop-up for that variable doesn't show the comment. E.g., with this /** Compute square of an integer * \param [in] x The integer to be squared */ unsigned int sqr(const unsigned int x) { unsigned int r = x*x; /**< The square */ return r; } the context window for `x` says const unsigned int x Container: sqr Kind: Variable constant Decl.: sqr.c :5 Show uses It would be nice to have, e.g., \param [in] x The integer to be squared some something like that appear in that tooltip window, similarly to how The square appears in the tooltip for variable r.