diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp b/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp
index 52d0d2ac042..72ac14c09cc 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp
@@ -2666,11 +2666,15 @@ QString QCoreApplication::organizationDomain()
     \property QCoreApplication::applicationName
     \brief the name of this application
 
-    The value is used by the QSettings class when it is constructed
-    using the empty constructor. This saves having to repeat this
-    information each time a QSettings object is created.
+    The application name is used in various Qt classes and modules,
+    most prominently in \l{QSettings} when it is constructed using the empty constructor.
+    Other uses are in formatted logging output (see \l{qSetMessagePattern()}),
+    in output by \l{QCommandLineParser}, in \l{QTemporaryDir} and \l{QTemporaryFile}
+    default paths, and in some file locations of \l{QStandardPaths}.
+    \l{Qt D-Bus}, \l{Accessibility}, and the XCB platform integration make use
+    of the application name, too.
 
-    If not set, the application name defaults to the executable name (since 5.0).
+    If not set, the application name defaults to the executable name.
 
     \sa organizationName, organizationDomain, applicationVersion, applicationFilePath()
 */