diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 78a1de5ef19..c45c4a77814 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@
 ^\.aviator/config\.yml$
 ^src/vendor/cigraph/CITATION\.cff$
 ^R/revdep\.R$
+^man/dot-igraph.progress\.Rd$
+^man/dot-igraph.status\.Rd$
 ^man/dot-extract_constructor_and_modifiers\.Rd$
 ^man/dot-apply_modifiers\.Rd$
 ^man/handle_vertex_type_arg\.Rd$
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 1e24abca1f1..dc808ab248a 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -104,8 +104,6 @@ export("vertex_attr<-")
 export(.data)
 export(.env)
 export(.from)
-export(.igraph.progress)
-export(.igraph.status)
 export(.inc)
 export(.innei)
 export(.nei)
diff --git a/R/console.R b/R/console.R
index fc880c0ae3f..f69b1f63580 100644
--- a/R/console.R
+++ b/R/console.R
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ console <- function() {
 
 .igraph.pb <- NULL
 
-#' @rdname console
+#' igraph progress
 #' @param percent,message,clean Used internally by `.igraph.progress()` and `.igraph.status()`
-#' @export
+#' @dev
 .igraph.progress <- function(percent, message, clean = FALSE) {
   if (clean) {
     if (!is.null(.igraph.pb)) {
@@ -90,8 +90,9 @@ console <- function() {
   }
 }
 
-#' @rdname console
-#' @export
+#' igraph status
+#' @inheritParams .igraph.progress
+#' @dev
 .igraph.status <- function(message) {
   type <- igraph_opt("verbose")
   if (is.logical(type) && type) {
diff --git a/man/console.Rd b/man/console.Rd
index 4ae2d543bff..d2280ed140e 100644
--- a/man/console.Rd
+++ b/man/console.Rd
@@ -2,18 +2,9 @@
 % Please edit documentation in R/console.R
 \name{console}
 \alias{console}
-\alias{.igraph.progress}
-\alias{.igraph.status}
 \title{The igraph console}
 \usage{
 console()
-
-.igraph.progress(percent, message, clean = FALSE)
-
-.igraph.status(message)
-}
-\arguments{
-\item{percent, message, clean}{Used internally by \code{.igraph.progress()} and \code{.igraph.status()}}
 }
 \value{
 \code{NULL}, invisibly.
diff --git a/man/dot-igraph.progress.Rd b/man/dot-igraph.progress.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..faf598c5c63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/dot-igraph.progress.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/console.R
+\name{.igraph.progress}
+\alias{.igraph.progress}
+\title{igraph progress}
+\usage{
+.igraph.progress(percent, message, clean = FALSE)
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{percent, message, clean}{Used internally by \code{.igraph.progress()} and \code{.igraph.status()}}
+}
+\description{
+igraph progress
+}
+\keyword{internal}
diff --git a/man/dot-igraph.status.Rd b/man/dot-igraph.status.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2ae44620bb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/dot-igraph.status.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/console.R
+\name{.igraph.status}
+\alias{.igraph.status}
+\title{igraph status}
+\usage{
+.igraph.status(message)
+}
+\description{
+igraph status
+}
+\keyword{internal}