diff --git a/src/corelib/serialization/qjsonobject.cpp b/src/corelib/serialization/qjsonobject.cpp
index c1dfabe95fb..14d26165055 100644
--- a/src/corelib/serialization/qjsonobject.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/serialization/qjsonobject.cpp
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ QVariantHash QJsonObject::toVariantHash() const
 /*!
     Returns a list of all keys in this object.
 
-    The list is sorted lexographically.
+    The list is sorted alphabetically.
  */
 QStringList QJsonObject::keys() const
 {