diff --git a/src/gui/accessible/qaccessible.cpp b/src/gui/accessible/qaccessible.cpp
index 2db4d468745..3004110e670 100644
--- a/src/gui/accessible/qaccessible.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/accessible/qaccessible.cpp
@@ -1761,7 +1761,6 @@ QAccessibleTextSelectionEvent::~QAccessibleTextSelectionEvent()
 
 /*!
     Returns the QAccessibleInterface associated with the event.
-    The caller of this function takes ownership of the returned interface.
 */
 QAccessibleInterface *QAccessibleEvent::accessibleInterface() const
 {