diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/doxygengenerator.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/doxygengenerator.cpp
index 3d88ddd0f55..5a57fdc3a3f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/doxygengenerator.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/doxygengenerator.cpp
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ QString DoxygenGenerator::generate(QTextCursor cursor,
         const QString &text = block.text();
         const Tokens &tks = lexer(text);
         for (const Token &tk : tks) {
-            if (tk.is(T_SEMICOLON) || tk.is(T_LBRACE)) {
+            if (tk.is(T_SEMICOLON)) {
                 // No need to continue beyond this, we might already have something meaningful.
                 cursor.setPosition(block.position() + tk.utf16charsEnd(), QTextCursor::KeepAnchor);
                 break;
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ QString DoxygenGenerator::generate(QTextCursor cursor,
         block = block.next();
     }
 
+    // For the edge case of no semicolons at all, which can e.g. happen if the file
+    // consists only of empty function definitions.
+    if (!cursor.hasSelection())
+        cursor.setPosition(cursor.document()->characterCount() - 1, QTextCursor::KeepAnchor);
+
     if (!cursor.hasSelection())
         return QString();