diff --git a/utils/create-module.py b/utils/create-module.py
index 5aff3afa8..63fdc3270 100755
--- a/utils/create-module.py
+++ b/utils/create-module.py
@@ -51,14 +51,14 @@ MODEL_H_TEMPLATE = """\
 // Add a doxygen group for this module.
 // If you have more than one file, this should be in only one of them.
 /**
- * \defgroup {MODULE} Description of the {MODULE}
+ * @defgroup {MODULE} Description of the {MODULE}
  */
 
 namespace ns3
 {{
 
 // Each class should be documented using Doxygen,
-// and have an \ingroup {MODULE} directive
+// and have an @ingroup {MODULE} directive
 
 /* ... */
 
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ namespace ns3
 {{
 
 // Each class should be documented using Doxygen,
-// and have an \ingroup {MODULE} directive
+// and have an @ingroup {MODULE} directive
 
 /* ... */
 
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ EXAMPLE_CC_TEMPLATE = """\
 #include "ns3/{MODULE}-helper.h"
 
 /**
- * \\file
+ * @file
  *
  * Explain here what the example does.
  */
@@ -154,14 +154,14 @@ using namespace ns3;
 // Add a doxygen group for tests.
 // If you have more than one test, this should be in only one of them.
 /**
- * \defgroup {MODULE}-tests Tests for {MODULE}
- * \ingroup {MODULE}
- * \ingroup tests
+ * @defgroup {MODULE}-tests Tests for {MODULE}
+ * @ingroup {MODULE}
+ * @ingroup tests
  */
 
 // This is an example TestCase.
 /**
- * \ingroup {MODULE}-tests
+ * @ingroup {MODULE}-tests
  * Test case for feature 1
  */
 class {CAPITALIZED}TestCase1 : public TestCase
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ void
 // this class must be defined
 
 /**
- * \ingroup {MODULE}-tests
+ * @ingroup {MODULE}-tests
  * TestSuite for module {MODULE}
  */
 class {CAPITALIZED}TestSuite : public TestSuite
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ class {CAPITALIZED}TestSuite : public TestSuite
 
 // Do not forget to allocate an instance of this TestSuite
 /**
- * \ingroup {MODULE}-tests
+ * @ingroup {MODULE}-tests
  * Static variable for test initialization
  */
 static {CAPITALIZED}TestSuite s{COMPOUND}TestSuite;