diff --git a/doc/src/Developer_utils.rst b/doc/src/Developer_utils.rst
index 17b4715dc7..7adaffa67c 100644
--- a/doc/src/Developer_utils.rst
+++ b/doc/src/Developer_utils.rst
@@ -164,7 +164,10 @@ Argument processing
 Convenience functions
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-.. doxygenfunction:: logmesg
+.. doxygenfunction:: logmesg(LAMMPS *lmp, const S &format, Args&&... args)
+   :project: progguide
+
+.. doxygenfunction:: logmesg(LAMMPS *lmp, const std::string &mesg)
    :project: progguide
 
 .. doxygenfunction:: getsyserror
diff --git a/src/utils.h b/src/utils.h
index 6eed8fd3bc..e0ab413e59 100644
--- a/src/utils.h
+++ b/src/utils.h
@@ -57,8 +57,7 @@ namespace LAMMPS_NS {
      * This function simplifies the repetitive task of outputting some
      * message to both the screen and/or the log file. The template
      * wrapper with fmtlib format and argument processing allows
-     * this function to work similar to fmt::print().
-     * The specialization overload handles the case of no arguments.
+     * this function to work similar to ``fmt::print()``.
      *
      *  \param lmp    pointer to LAMMPS class instance
      *  \param format format string of message to be printed
@@ -70,7 +69,10 @@ namespace LAMMPS_NS {
                         fmt::make_args_checked<Args...>(format, args...));
     }
 
-    /** \overload */
+    /** \overload
+     *
+     *  \param lmp    pointer to LAMMPS class instance
+     *  \param mesg   string with message to be printed */
 
     void logmesg(LAMMPS *lmp, const std::string &mesg);