diff --git a/src/widgets/kernel/qapplication.cpp b/src/widgets/kernel/qapplication.cpp
index 87bca404689..a980bcad37f 100644
--- a/src/widgets/kernel/qapplication.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/kernel/qapplication.cpp
@@ -2508,7 +2508,7 @@ void QApplicationPrivate::sendSyntheticEnterLeave(QWidget *widget)
 }
 
 /*!
-    \internal
+    \obsolete
 
     Returns the desktop widget (also called the root window) for \a screen.