diff --git a/sys/include/usb.h b/sys/include/usb.h
index cbe8c9c241..018c323030 100644
--- a/sys/include/usb.h
+++ b/sys/include/usb.h
@@ -24,22 +24,38 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+/**
+ * @defgroup usb_conf USB peripheral compile time configurations
+ * @ingroup config
+ * @{
+ */
 /**
  * @brief USB peripheral device vendor ID
+ *
+ * @note You must provide your own VID/PID combination when manufacturing a
+ * device with USB.
  */
 #ifndef USB_CONFIG_VID
+#ifdef DOXYGEN
+#define USB_CONFIG_VID
+#else
 #error  Please supply your vendor ID by setting USB_CONFIG_VID
 #endif
+#endif
 
 /**
  * @brief USB peripheral device product ID
  *
- * You must provide your own VID/PID combination when manufacturing a device
- * with USB
+ * @note You must provide your own VID/PID combination when manufacturing a
+ * device with USB.
  */
 #ifndef USB_CONFIG_PID
+#ifdef DOXYGEN
+#define USB_CONFIG_PID
+#else
 #error  Please supply your vendor ID by setting USB_CONFIG_PID
 #endif
+#endif
 
 /**
  * @brief USB peripheral manufacturer string
@@ -99,6 +115,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #ifndef USB_CONFIG_DEFAULT_LANGID
 #define USB_CONFIG_DEFAULT_LANGID   0x0409 /* EN-US */
 #endif
+/** @} */
 
 /**
  * @brief USB version definitions
diff --git a/sys/include/usb/usbus.h b/sys/include/usb/usbus.h
index 24d439a48e..fbbef5c7f1 100644
--- a/sys/include/usb/usbus.h
+++ b/sys/include/usb/usbus.h
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+/**
+ * @defgroup usb_usbus_conf    USBUS compile time configurations
+ * @ingroup usb_conf
+ * @{
+ */
 /**
  * @brief USBUS thread stack size
  */
@@ -54,11 +59,6 @@ extern "C" {
 #define USBUS_PRIO                  (THREAD_PRIORITY_MAIN - 6)
 #endif
 
-/**
- * @brief USBUS thread name
- */
-#define USBUS_TNAME                 "usbus"
-
 /**
  * @brief USBUS auto attach setting
  *
@@ -80,6 +80,12 @@ extern "C" {
 #ifndef USBUS_EP0_SIZE
 #define USBUS_EP0_SIZE              64
 #endif
+/** @} */
+
+/**
+ * @brief USBUS thread name
+ */
+#define USBUS_TNAME                 "usbus"
 
 /**
  * @name USBUS thread flags
diff --git a/sys/include/usb/usbus/cdc/acm.h b/sys/include/usb/usbus/cdc/acm.h
index 62fb5154e2..8bd2f09c48 100644
--- a/sys/include/usb/usbus/cdc/acm.h
+++ b/sys/include/usb/usbus/cdc/acm.h
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+/**
+ * @defgroup usbus_cdc_acm_conf USBUS CDC ACM compile time configurations
+ * @ingroup usb_conf
+ * @{
+ */
 /**
  * @brief Buffer size for STDIN and STDOUT data to and from USB when using
  *        the USBUS_CDC_ACM_STDIO module
@@ -51,6 +56,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #ifndef USBUS_CDC_ACM_BULK_EP_SIZE
 #define USBUS_CDC_ACM_BULK_EP_SIZE    (64)
 #endif
+/** @} */
 
 /**
  * @brief USBUS CDC ACM interrupt endpoint size.