diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1caec25f..71f72384 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -111,4 +111,4 @@ lto = true
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 # Enable certain features when building docs for docs.rs
-features = [ "proptest-support", "compare" ]
+features = [ "proptest-support", "compare", "macros" ]
diff --git a/nalgebra-macros/src/lib.rs b/nalgebra-macros/src/lib.rs
index 133ea41a..c00a538f 100644
--- a/nalgebra-macros/src/lib.rs
+++ b/nalgebra-macros/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+//! Macros for `nalgebra`.
+//!
+//! This crate is not intended for direct consumption. Instead, the macros are re-exported by
+//! `nalgebra` if the `macros` feature is enabled (enabled by default).
+
 extern crate proc_macro;
 
 use syn::{Expr};
@@ -95,6 +100,8 @@ impl Parse for Matrix {
 
 /// Construct a fixed-size matrix directly from data.
 ///
+/// **Note: Requires the `macro` feature to be enabled (enabled by default)**.
+///
 /// This macro facilitates easy construction of matrices when the entries of the matrix are known
 /// (either as constants or expressions). This macro produces an instance of `SMatrix`. This means
 /// that the data of the matrix is stored on the stack, and its dimensions are fixed at
@@ -146,6 +153,8 @@ pub fn matrix(stream: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
 
 /// Construct a dynamic matrix directly from data.
 ///
+/// **Note: Requires the `macro` feature to be enabled (enabled by default)**.
+///
 /// The syntax is exactly the same as for [`matrix!`], but instead of producing instances of
 /// `SMatrix`, it produces instances of `DMatrix`. At the moment it is not usable
 /// in `const fn` contexts.
@@ -213,6 +222,8 @@ impl Parse for Vector {
 
 /// Construct a fixed-size column vector directly from data.
 ///
+/// **Note: Requires the `macro` feature to be enabled (enabled by default)**.
+///
 /// Similarly to [`matrix!`], this macro facilitates easy construction of fixed-size vectors.
 /// However, whereas the [`matrix!`] macro expects each row to be separated by a semi-colon,
 /// the syntax of this macro is instead similar to `vec!`, in that the elements of the vector
@@ -243,6 +254,8 @@ pub fn vector(stream: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
 
 /// Construct a dynamic column vector directly from data.
 ///
+/// **Note: Requires the `macro` feature to be enabled (enabled by default)**.
+///
 /// The syntax is exactly the same as for [`vector!`], but instead of producing instances of
 /// `SVector`, it produces instances of `DVector`. At the moment it is not usable
 /// in `const fn` contexts.
diff --git a/tests/lib.rs b/tests/lib.rs
index 8ee85f07..b1da01c3 100644
--- a/tests/lib.rs
+++ b/tests/lib.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-#[cfg(not(all(feature = "debug", feature = "compare", feature = "rand")))]
+#[cfg(not(all(feature = "debug", feature = "compare", feature = "rand", feature = "macros")))]
 compile_error!(
-    "Please enable the `debug`, `compare`, and `rand` features in order to compile and run the tests.
-     Example: `cargo test --features debug,compare,rand`"
+    "Please enable the `debug`, `compare`, `rand` and `macros` features in order to compile and run the tests.
+     Example: `cargo test --features debug,compare,rand,macros`"
 );
 
 #[cfg(feature = "abomonation-serialize")]
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ mod linalg;
 #[cfg(feature = "proptest-support")]
 mod proptest;
 
+mod macros;
+
 //#[cfg(all(feature = "debug", feature = "compare", feature = "rand"))]
 //#[cfg(feature = "sparse")]
 //mod sparse;