diff --git a/gtsam.h b/gtsam.h
index 4a2cbb66c..5661cb520 100644
--- a/gtsam.h
+++ b/gtsam.h
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@
  *   Namespace definitions
  *     - Names of namespaces must start with a lowercase letter
  *   	 - start a namespace with "namespace {"
- *   	 - end a namespace with exactly "}///\namespace [namespace_name]", optionally adding the name of the namespace
- *   	 - This ending is not C++ standard, and must contain "}///\namespace" to parse
+ *   	 - end a namespace with exactly "}"
  *   	 - Namespaces can be nested
  *   Namespace usage
  *   	 - Namespaces can be specified for classes in arguments and return values
@@ -1363,7 +1362,7 @@ virtual class GenericProjectionFactor : gtsam::NonlinearFactor {
 typedef gtsam::GenericProjectionFactor<gtsam::Pose3, gtsam::Point3, gtsam::Cal3_S2> GenericProjectionFactorCal3_S2;
 typedef gtsam::GenericProjectionFactor<gtsam::Pose3, gtsam::Point3, gtsam::Cal3DS2> GenericProjectionFactorCal3DS2;
 
-}///\namespace gtsam
+} //\namespace gtsam
 
 //*************************************************************************
 // Pose2SLAM
@@ -1418,7 +1417,7 @@ class Graph {
 	gtsam::Marginals marginals(const pose2SLAM::Values& solution) const;
 };
 
-}///\namespace pose2SLAM
+} //\namespace pose2SLAM
 
 //*************************************************************************
 // Pose3SLAM
@@ -1473,7 +1472,7 @@ class Graph {
 	gtsam::Marginals marginals(const pose3SLAM::Values& solution) const;
 };
 
-}///\namespace pose3SLAM
+} //\namespace pose3SLAM
 
 //*************************************************************************
 // planarSLAM
@@ -1561,7 +1560,7 @@ class Odometry {
 			const gtsam::Ordering& ordering) const;
 };
 
-}///\namespace planarSLAM
+} //\namespace planarSLAM
 
 //*************************************************************************
 // VisualSLAM
@@ -1686,7 +1685,7 @@ class LevenbergMarquardtOptimizer {
   visualSLAM::Values values() const;
 };
 
-}///\namespace visualSLAM
+} //\namespace visualSLAM
 
 //************************************************************************
 // sparse BA
@@ -1767,5 +1766,5 @@ class LevenbergMarquardtOptimizer {
   sparseBA::Values optimizeSafely();
   sparseBA::Values values() const;
 };
-}///\namespace sparseBA
+} //\namespace sparseBA
 
diff --git a/wrap/Module.cpp b/wrap/Module.cpp
index 241371b0b..757241ca2 100644
--- a/wrap/Module.cpp
+++ b/wrap/Module.cpp
@@ -295,8 +295,7 @@ Module::Module(const string& interfacePath,
 			>> namespace_name_p[push_back_a(namespaces)]
 			>> ch_p('{')
 			>> *(include_p | class_p | templateSingleInstantiation_p | global_function_p | namespace_def_p | comments_p)
-			>> str_p("}///\\namespace") // end namespace, avoid confusion with classes // FIXME: check for absense of semicolon to disambiguate
-			>> !namespace_name_p)
+			>> ch_p('}'))
 			[pop_a(namespaces)];
 
 	Rule using_namespace_p =
diff --git a/wrap/tests/testNamespaces.h b/wrap/tests/testNamespaces.h
index 68b6e041e..2c12686c0 100644
--- a/wrap/tests/testNamespaces.h
+++ b/wrap/tests/testNamespaces.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class ClassB {
 // check namespace handling
 Vector aGlobalFunction();
 
-}///\namespace ns1
+}
 
 #include <path/to/ns2.h>
 namespace ns2 {
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class ClassB {
 	ClassB();
 };
 
-}///\namespace ns3
+}
 
 class ClassC {
 	ClassC();
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class ClassC {
 // separate namespace global function, same name
 Vector aGlobalFunction();
 
-}///\namespace ns2
+} //\namespace ns2
 
 class ClassD {
 	ClassD();