diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qbytearraylist.cpp b/src/corelib/text/qbytearraylist.cpp
index cd77cd905a9..e23bdc7bd85 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qbytearraylist.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qbytearraylist.cpp
@@ -102,12 +102,6 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
     \sa QByteArray, QStringList
 */
 
-/*!
-    \fn QByteArray QByteArrayList::join() const
-
-    Joins all the byte arrays into a single byte array.
-*/
-
 /*!
     \fn QByteArray QByteArrayList::join(const QByteArray &separator) const
 
@@ -120,7 +114,7 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
     \since 6.3
 
     Joins all the byte arrays into a single byte array with each
-    element separated by the given \a separator.
+    element separated by the given \a separator, if any.
 */
 
 /*!
diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qbytearraylist.h b/src/corelib/text/qbytearraylist.h
index 890cbcef2d6..ce613fbe3f8 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qbytearraylist.h
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qbytearraylist.h
@@ -80,9 +80,7 @@ public:
     using QListSpecialMethodsBase<QByteArray>::lastIndexOf;
     using QListSpecialMethodsBase<QByteArray>::contains;
 
-    inline QByteArray join() const
-    { return join(QByteArrayView{}); }
-    inline QByteArray join(QByteArrayView sep) const // ### Qt 7: merge with the () overload
+    QByteArray join(QByteArrayView sep = {}) const
     {
         return QtPrivate::QByteArrayList_join(self(), sep);
     }