diff --git a/src/corelib/doc/snippets/qloggingcategory/main.cpp b/src/corelib/doc/snippets/qloggingcategory/main.cpp
index 33aba3bf35..8b3a61d51f 100644
--- a/src/corelib/doc/snippets/qloggingcategory/main.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/doc/snippets/qloggingcategory/main.cpp
@@ -131,6 +131,20 @@ oldCategoryFilter = QLoggingCategory::installFilter(myCategoryFilter);
 //![15]
     }
 
+    {
+//![16]
+    QLoggingCategory category("driver.usb");
+    qCFatal(category) << "a fatal message. Program will be terminated!";
+//![16]
+    }
+
+    {
+//![17]
+    QLoggingCategory category("driver.usb");
+    qCFatal(category, "a fatal message. Program will be terminated!");
+//![17]
+    }
+
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qloggingcategory.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qloggingcategory.cpp
index 6f3fa61359..e98a12ac46 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qloggingcategory.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qloggingcategory.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ Q_GLOBAL_STATIC(QLoggingCategory, qtDefaultCategory, qtDefaultCategoryName)
 
     QLoggingCategory represents a certain logging category - identified by a
     string - at runtime. A category can be configured to enable or disable
-    logging of messages per message type.
+    logging of messages per message type. An exception are fatal messages,
+    which are always enabled.
 
     To check whether a message type is enabled or not, use one of these methods:
     \l isDebugEnabled(), \l isInfoEnabled(), \l isWarningEnabled(), and
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ Q_GLOBAL_STATIC(QLoggingCategory, qtDefaultCategory, qtDefaultCategoryName)
 
     If no argument is passed, all messages are logged. Only Qt internal categories
     which start with \c{qt} are handled differently: For these, only messages of type
-    \c QtInfoMsg, \c QtWarningMsg, and \c QtCriticalMsg are logged by default.
+    \c QtInfoMsg, \c QtWarningMsg, \c QtCriticalMsg, and \c QFatalMsg are logged by default.
 
     \note Logging categories are not affected by your C++ build configuration.
     That is, whether messages are printed does not change depending on whether
@@ -292,7 +293,7 @@ void QLoggingCategory::setEnabled(QtMsgType type, bool enable)
 
     Returns the object itself. This allows for both: a QLoggingCategory variable, and
     a factory method that returns a QLoggingCategory, to be used in \l qCDebug(),
-    \l qCWarning(), or \l qCCritical() macros.
+    \l qCWarning(), \l qCCritical(), or \l qCFatal() macros.
  */
 
 /*!
@@ -300,7 +301,7 @@ void QLoggingCategory::setEnabled(QtMsgType type, bool enable)
 
     Returns the object itself. This allows for both: a QLoggingCategory variable, and
     a factory method that returns a QLoggingCategory, to be used in \l qCDebug(),
-    \l qCWarning(), or \l qCCritical() macros.
+    \l qCWarning(), \l qCCritical(), or \l qCFatal() macros.
  */
 
 /*!
@@ -556,6 +557,46 @@ void QLoggingCategory::setFilterRules(const QString &rules)
 
     \sa qCritical()
 */
+
+/*!
+    \macro qCFatal(category)
+    \relates QLoggingCategory
+    \since 6.5
+
+    Returns an output stream for fatal messages in the logging category,
+    \a category.
+
+    If you are using the \b{default message handler}, the returned stream will abort
+    to create a core dump. On Windows, for debug builds, this function will
+    report a \c _CRT_ERROR enabling you to connect a debugger to the application.
+
+    Example:
+
+    \snippet qloggingcategory/main.cpp 16
+
+    \sa qFatal()
+*/
+
+/*!
+    \macro qCFatal(category, const char *message, ...)
+    \relates QLoggingCategory
+    \since 6.5
+
+    Logs a fatal message, \a message, in the logging category, \a category.
+    \a message may contain place holders to be replaced by additional arguments,
+    similar to the C printf() function.
+
+    Example:
+
+    \snippet qloggingcategory/main.cpp 17
+
+    If you are using the \b{default message handler}, this function will abort
+    to create a core dump. On Windows, for debug builds, this function will
+    report a \c _CRT_ERROR enabling you to connect a debugger to the application.
+
+    \sa qFatal()
+*/
+
 /*!
     \macro Q_DECLARE_LOGGING_CATEGORY(name)
     \sa Q_LOGGING_CATEGORY(), Q_DECLARE_EXPORTED_LOGGING_CATEGORY()