diff --git a/api/v1/emails/index.php b/api/v1/emails/index.php
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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @defgroup api_v1_emails Email API requests
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @file api/v1/emails/index.php
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2023 Simon Fraser University
+ * Copyright (c) 2023 John Willinsky
+ * Distributed under the GNU GPL v3. For full terms see the file docs/COPYING.
+ *
+ * @ingroup api_v1_emails
+ *
+ * @brief Handle requests for emails API functions.
+ *
+ */
+return new \PKP\handler\APIHandler(new \PKP\API\v1\emails\PKPEmailController());
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