diff --git a/Scripts/count_number_of_lines.py b/Scripts/count_number_of_lines.py
index a26845573742e35408e143a7de9424bdad347684..c443a3d543dddc594bbb944a3ee9b3099f2e763a 100644
--- a/Scripts/count_number_of_lines.py
+++ b/Scripts/count_number_of_lines.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ def ComputeCodeStats(happy_heart_src, output_directory):
     cmd = (cloc_exe, \
            happy_heart_src, \
            "--force-lang=C++,hxx", \
+           "--force-lang=C++,doxygen", \
            '--exclude-list-file', \
             exclude_file, \
             '--ignored', \