diff --git a/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/src_corelib_time_qdatetime.cpp b/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/src_corelib_time_qdatetime.cpp
index 588e81bab1a..05fbf042ec8 100644
--- a/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/src_corelib_time_qdatetime.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/src_corelib_time_qdatetime.cpp
@@ -150,18 +150,6 @@ qDebug() << "UTC time is:" << UTC;
 qDebug() << "There are" << local.secsTo(UTC) << "seconds difference between the datetimes.";
 //! [19]
 
-//! [20]
-QString string = "Monday, 23 April 12 22:51:41";
-QString format = "dddd, d MMMM yy hh:mm:ss";
-QDateTime invalid = QDateTime::fromString(string, format);
-//! [20]
-
-//! [21]
-QString string = "Tuesday, 23 April 12 22:51:41";
-QString format = "dddd, d MMMM yy hh:mm:ss";
-QDateTime valid = QDateTime::fromString(string, format);
-//! [21]
-
 //! [22]
 // 23 April 2012:
 QDate date = std::chrono::year_month_day(std::chrono::year(2012),
diff --git a/src/corelib/time/qdatetime.cpp b/src/corelib/time/qdatetime.cpp
index 4cc989c8466..89aba9a53de 100644
--- a/src/corelib/time/qdatetime.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/time/qdatetime.cpp
@@ -5883,16 +5883,7 @@ QDateTime QDateTime::fromString(QStringView string, Qt::DateFormat format)
     two digits.
 
     Incorrectly specified fields of the \a string will cause an invalid
-    QDateTime to be returned. For example, consider the following code,
-    where the two digit year 12 is read as 1912 (see the table below for all
-    field defaults); the resulting datetime is invalid because 23 April 1912
-    was a Tuesday, not a Monday:
-
-    \snippet code/src_corelib_time_qdatetime.cpp 20
-
-    The correct code is:
-
-    \snippet code/src_corelib_time_qdatetime.cpp 21
+    QDateTime to be returned.
 
     \note Day and month names as well as AM/PM indicators must be given in
     English (C locale).  If localized month and day names or localized forms of
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/time/qdatetime/tst_qdatetime.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/time/qdatetime/tst_qdatetime.cpp
index ce17a562354..bad8837ed24 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/time/qdatetime/tst_qdatetime.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/time/qdatetime/tst_qdatetime.cpp
@@ -3309,6 +3309,12 @@ void tst_QDateTime::fromStringStringFormat_data()
             << u"2018 wilful long working block relief 12-19T21:09 cruel"_s
             << u"yyyy wilful long working block relief MM-ddThh:mm cruel blurb encore flux"_s
             << 1900 << QDateTime();
+    QTest::newRow("fix-century-Mon")
+            << u"Monday, 23 April 12 22:51:41"_s << u"dddd, d MMMM yy hh:mm:ss"_s << 1900
+            << QDateTime(QDate(2012, 4, 23), QTime(22, 51, 41));
+    QTest::newRow("fix-century-Tue")
+            << u"Tuesday, 23 April 12 22:51:41"_s << u"dddd, d MMMM yy hh:mm:ss"_s << 2000
+            << QDateTime(QDate(1912, 4, 23), QTime(22, 51, 41));
 
     // test unicode
     QTest::newRow("unicode handling")