diff --git a/src/gui/text/qabstracttextdocumentlayout.cpp b/src/gui/text/qabstracttextdocumentlayout.cpp
index b7b8e919ad..e051178a47 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qabstracttextdocumentlayout.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qabstracttextdocumentlayout.cpp
@@ -412,8 +412,6 @@ QAbstractTextDocumentLayout::~QAbstractTextDocumentLayout()
 }
 
 /*!
-    \fn void QAbstractTextDocumentLayout::registerHandler(int objectType, QObject *component)
-
     Registers the given \a component as a handler for items of the given \a objectType.
 
     \note registerHandler() has to be called once for each object type. This
@@ -422,7 +420,7 @@ QAbstractTextDocumentLayout::~QAbstractTextDocumentLayout()
 
     The text document layout does not take ownership of \c component.
 */
-void QAbstractTextDocumentLayout::registerHandler(int formatType, QObject *component)
+void QAbstractTextDocumentLayout::registerHandler(int objectType, QObject *component)
 {
     Q_D(QAbstractTextDocumentLayout);
 
@@ -435,7 +433,7 @@ void QAbstractTextDocumentLayout::registerHandler(int formatType, QObject *compo
     QTextObjectHandler h;
     h.iface = iface;
     h.component = component;
-    d->handlers.insert(formatType, h);
+    d->handlers.insert(objectType, h);
 }
 
 /*!