diff --git a/src/gui/doc/src/includes/qiconengine-virtualhookhelper.qdocinc b/src/gui/doc/src/includes/qiconengine-virtualhookhelper.qdocinc
index b17d2bd66f7..8b7e333df82 100644
--- a/src/gui/doc/src/includes/qiconengine-virtualhookhelper.qdocinc
+++ b/src/gui/doc/src/includes/qiconengine-virtualhookhelper.qdocinc
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-\note This is a helper method and the actual work is done by the
-virtual_hook() method, hence this method depends on icon engine support
+\note If the icon engine does not reimplement this function, the actual work is
+done by the virtual_hook() method, hence this method depends on icon engine support
 and may not work with all icon engines.