diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qstring.cpp b/src/corelib/tools/qstring.cpp
index e473cb26b2..5d824908f5 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qstring.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qstring.cpp
@@ -9140,7 +9140,7 @@ QVector<uint> QStringRef::toUcs4() const
 */
 
 /*!
-    Converts the plain text string \a plain to a HTML string with
+    Converts a plain text string to an HTML string with
     HTML metacharacters \c{<}, \c{>}, \c{&}, and \c{"} replaced by HTML
     entities.