diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index c28732f826..78a1de5ef1 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -50,3 +50,6 @@
 ^\.aviator/config\.yml$
 ^src/vendor/cigraph/CITATION\.cff$
 ^R/revdep\.R$
+^man/dot-extract_constructor_and_modifiers\.Rd$
+^man/dot-apply_modifiers\.Rd$
+^man/handle_vertex_type_arg\.Rd$
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 9ab79592b6..36562a9672 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ LinkingTo:
     cpp11 (>= 0.5.0)
 VignetteBuilder: 
     knitr
-Config/Needs/build: roxygen2, devtools, irlba, pkgconfig, igraph/igraph.r2cdocs
+Config/Needs/build: roxygen2, devtools, irlba, pkgconfig, igraph/igraph.r2cdocs, maelle/devtag@keywords-internal
 Config/Needs/coverage: covr
 Config/Needs/website: readr
 Config/testthat/edition: 3
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ Config/testthat/parallel: true
 Config/testthat/start-first: vs-es, scan, vs-operators, weakref,
     watts.strogatz.game
 Encoding: UTF-8
-Roxygen: list(markdown = TRUE, roclets = c("collate", "rd", "namespace",
-    "igraph.r2cdocs::cdocs_roclet"), packages = "igraph.r2cdocs")
+Roxygen: list(markdown = TRUE, roclets = c("collate", "rd", "namespace", "igraph.r2cdocs::cdocs_roclet", "devtag::dev_roclet"), packages = "igraph.r2cdocs")
 RoxygenNote: 7.3.2
 SystemRequirements: libxml2 (optional), glpk (>= 4.57, optional)
diff --git a/R/make.R b/R/make.R
index b2e1a7ee7d..541b0c93c0 100644
--- a/R/make.R
+++ b/R/make.R
@@ -664,11 +664,10 @@ graph.atlas <- function(n) { # nocov start
 #' @param .variant Constructor variant; must be one of \sQuote{make},
 #'   \sQuote{graph} or \sQuote{sample}. Used in cases when the same constructor
 #'   specification has deterministic and random variants.
-#' @family constructor modifiers
 #' @return A named list with three items: \sQuote{cons} for the constructor
 #'   function, \sQuote{mods} for the modifiers and \sQuote{args} for the
 #'   remaining, unparsed arguments.
-#' @noRd
+#' @dev
 .extract_constructor_and_modifiers <- function(..., .operation, .variant) {
   args <- list(...)
   cidx <- vapply(args, inherits, TRUE, what = "igraph_constructor_spec")
@@ -715,9 +714,8 @@ graph.atlas <- function(n) { # nocov start
 #'
 #' @param graph The graph to apply the modifiers to
 #' @param mods The modifiers to apply
-#' @family constructor modifiers
 #' @return The modified graph
-#' @noRd
+#' @dev
 .apply_modifiers <- function(graph, mods) {
   for (m in mods) {
     if (m$id == "without_attr") {
diff --git a/R/other.R b/R/other.R
index 896305245e..50ef202c03 100644
--- a/R/other.R
+++ b/R/other.R
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ sample_seq <- function(low, high, length) {
 #' @return A logical vector representing the resolved vertex type for each
 #'   vertex in the graph
 #' @author Tamas Nepusz \email{ntamas@@gmail.com}
-#' @keywords internal
+#' @dev
 #'
 handle_vertex_type_arg <- function(types, graph, required = T) {
   if (is.null(types) && "type" %in% vertex_attr_names(graph)) {
diff --git a/man/dot-apply_modifiers.Rd b/man/dot-apply_modifiers.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0aa08bbb27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/dot-apply_modifiers.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/make.R
+\name{.apply_modifiers}
+\alias{.apply_modifiers}
+\title{Applies a set of constructor modifiers to an already constructed graph.}
+\usage{
+.apply_modifiers(graph, mods)
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{graph}{The graph to apply the modifiers to}
+
+\item{mods}{The modifiers to apply}
+}
+\value{
+The modified graph
+}
+\description{
+This is a helper function for the common parts of \code{make_()} and
+\code{sample_()}.
+}
+\keyword{internal}
diff --git a/man/dot-extract_constructor_and_modifiers.Rd b/man/dot-extract_constructor_and_modifiers.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ab9dcc29f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/dot-extract_constructor_and_modifiers.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/make.R
+\name{.extract_constructor_and_modifiers}
+\alias{.extract_constructor_and_modifiers}
+\title{Takes an argument list and extracts the constructor specification and
+constructor modifiers from it.}
+\usage{
+.extract_constructor_and_modifiers(..., .operation, .variant)
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{...}{Parameters to extract from}
+
+\item{.operation}{Human-readable description of the operation that this
+helper is a part of}
+
+\item{.variant}{Constructor variant; must be one of \sQuote{make},
+\sQuote{graph} or \sQuote{sample}. Used in cases when the same constructor
+specification has deterministic and random variants.}
+}
+\value{
+A named list with three items: \sQuote{cons} for the constructor
+function, \sQuote{mods} for the modifiers and \sQuote{args} for the
+remaining, unparsed arguments.
+}
+\description{
+This is a helper function for the common parts of \code{make_()} and
+\code{sample_()}.
+}
+\keyword{internal}