diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qtreewidget.cpp b/src/widgets/itemviews/qtreewidget.cpp
index a5d6e5a722..12b39f3541 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qtreewidget.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qtreewidget.cpp
@@ -1657,7 +1657,7 @@ QTreeWidgetItem *QTreeWidgetItem::clone() const
 /*!
    Sets the item indicator \a policy. This policy decides when the
    tree branch expand/collapse indicator is shown.
-   The default value is ShowForChildren.
+   The default value is DontShowIndicatorWhenChildless.
 
    \sa childIndicatorPolicy()
 */