diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorwidget.cpp
index 3950da53c08..20c3f596ce1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorwidget.cpp
@@ -340,8 +340,7 @@ static bool trySplitComment(TextEditor::TextEditorWidget *editorWidget,
 
             DoxygenGenerator doxygen;
             doxygen.setStyle(style);
-            doxygen.setAddLeadingAsterisks(settings.leadingAsterisks);
-            doxygen.setGenerateBrief(settings.generateBrief);
+            doxygen.setSettings(settings);
 
             // Move until we reach any possibly meaningful content.
             while (textDocument->characterAt(cursor.position()).isSpace()
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/doxygengenerator.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/doxygengenerator.cpp
index ae83e0e23d4..ac79cb0d839 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/doxygengenerator.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/doxygengenerator.cpp
@@ -24,21 +24,6 @@ namespace CppEditor::Internal {
 
 DoxygenGenerator::DoxygenGenerator() = default;
 
-void DoxygenGenerator::setStyle(DocumentationStyle style)
-{
-    m_style = style;
-}
-
-void DoxygenGenerator::setGenerateBrief(bool get)
-{
-    m_generateBrief = get;
-}
-
-void DoxygenGenerator::setAddLeadingAsterisks(bool add)
-{
-    m_addLeadingAsterisks = add;
-}
-
 QString DoxygenGenerator::generate(QTextCursor cursor,
                                    const CPlusPlus::Snapshot &snapshot,
                                    const Utils::FilePath &documentFilePath)
@@ -139,7 +124,7 @@ QString DoxygenGenerator::generate(QTextCursor cursor, DeclarationAST *decl)
             && decltr->core_declarator->asDeclaratorId()
             && decltr->core_declarator->asDeclaratorId()->name) {
         CoreDeclaratorAST *coreDecl = decltr->core_declarator;
-        if (m_generateBrief)
+        if (m_settings.generateBrief)
             writeBrief(&comment, m_printer.prettyName(coreDecl->asDeclaratorId()->name->name));
         else
             writeNewLine(&comment);
@@ -177,7 +162,7 @@ QString DoxygenGenerator::generate(QTextCursor cursor, DeclarationAST *decl)
                 writeCommand(&comment, ReturnCommand);
             }
         }
-    } else if (spec && m_generateBrief) {
+    } else if (spec && m_settings.generateBrief) {
         bool briefWritten = false;
         if (ClassSpecifierAST *classSpec = spec->asClassSpecifier()) {
             if (classSpec->name) {
@@ -248,7 +233,7 @@ void DoxygenGenerator::writeContinuation(QString *comment) const
         comment->append(offsetString() + "///");
     else if (m_style == CppStyleB)
         comment->append(offsetString() + "//!");
-    else if (m_addLeadingAsterisks)
+    else if (m_settings.leadingAsterisks)
         comment->append(offsetString() + " *");
     else
         comment->append(offsetString() + "  ");
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/doxygengenerator.h b/src/plugins/cppeditor/doxygengenerator.h
index 32d23945bb2..4bb11f72892 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/doxygengenerator.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/doxygengenerator.h
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include <texteditor/commentssettings.h>
+
 #include <cplusplus/Overview.h>
 
 QT_FORWARD_DECLARE_CLASS(QTextCursor)
@@ -25,9 +27,8 @@ public:
         CppStyleB   ///< CppStyle comment variant B: //!
     };
 
-    void setStyle(DocumentationStyle style);
-    void setGenerateBrief(bool gen);
-    void setAddLeadingAsterisks(bool add);
+    void setStyle(DocumentationStyle style) { m_style = style; }
+    void setSettings(const TextEditor::CommentsSettings::Data &settings) { m_settings = settings; }
 
     QString generate(QTextCursor cursor,
                      const CPlusPlus::Snapshot &snapshot,
@@ -58,11 +59,10 @@ private:
     void assignCommentOffset(QTextCursor cursor);
     QString offsetString() const;
 
-    bool m_addLeadingAsterisks = true;
-    bool m_generateBrief = true;
-    DocumentationStyle m_style = QtStyle;
+    TextEditor::CommentsSettings::Data m_settings;
     CPlusPlus::Overview m_printer;
     QString m_commentOffset;
+    DocumentationStyle m_style = QtStyle;
 };
 
 } // namespace CppEditor::Internal