diff --git a/docs/adjacency_list.html b/docs/adjacency_list.html
index 07180266..bf6f751f 100644
--- a/docs/adjacency_list.html
+++ b/docs/adjacency_list.html
@@ -891,12 +891,31 @@ This sets the property value for <tt>x</tt> to
 <tt>typename property_traits&lt;property_map&lt;adjacency_list, Property&gt;::type&gt::value_type</tt>
 <hr>
 
+<hr>
+
+<pre>
+  template &lt;class GraphProperties, class GraphProperty&gt;
+  typename property_value&lt;GraphProperties, GraphProperty&gt;::type&amp;
+  get_property(adjacency_list&amp; g, GraphProperty);
+</pre>
+Return the property specified by <tt>GraphProperty</tt> that is
+attached to the graph object <tt>g</tt>.
+
+<hr>
+
+<pre>
+  template &lt;class GraphProperties, class GraphProperty&gt;
+  const typename property_value&lt;GraphProperties, GraphProperty&gt;::type&amp;
+  get_property(const adjacency_list&amp; g, GraphProperty);
+</pre>
+Return the property specified by <tt>GraphProperty</tt> that is
+attached to the graph object <tt>g</tt>.
+
+<hr>
 
 <!-- add the shortcut property functions -->
 
 
-
-
 <h3>See Also</h3>
 
 <a href="./adjacency_list_traits.html"><tt>adjacency_list_traits</tt></a>,
diff --git a/include/boost/graph/detail/adjacency_list.hpp b/include/boost/graph/detail/adjacency_list.hpp
index b75964f6..a1cbd58b 100644
--- a/include/boost/graph/detail/adjacency_list.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/graph/detail/adjacency_list.hpp
@@ -1417,7 +1417,6 @@ namespace boost {
     inline
     typename boost::property_map<typename Config::graph_type, Property>::type
     get(Property p, adj_list_helper<Config, Base>& g) {
-      //      typedef typename Property::kind Kind;
       typedef typename property_kind<Property>::type Kind;
       return detail::get_dispatch(g, p, Kind());
     }
@@ -1426,7 +1425,6 @@ namespace boost {
     typename boost::property_map<typename Config::graph_type, 
       Property>::const_type
     get(Property p, const adj_list_helper<Config, Base>& g) {
-      //      typedef typename Property::kind Kind;
       typedef typename property_kind<Property>::type Kind;
       return detail::get_dispatch(g, p, Kind());
     }