diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/wayland/doc/src/cmake/qt_generate_wayland_protocol_client_sources.qdoc b/src/plugins/platforms/wayland/doc/src/cmake/qt_generate_wayland_protocol_client_sources.qdoc
index 43f448fbd7d..0abd14d4e0f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/wayland/doc/src/cmake/qt_generate_wayland_protocol_client_sources.qdoc
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/wayland/doc/src/cmake/qt_generate_wayland_protocol_client_sources.qdoc
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ code in C and C++ for implementing the protocols, and the resulting files will b
 of the \c target.
 
 The options \c{PUBLIC_CODE} and \c{PRIVATE_CODE} correspond to the \c{public-code} and
-\c{private-code} options of \c{wayland-scanner}. For backwards compatibility \c{PUBLIC_CODE} is the
+\c{private-code} options of \c{wayland-scanner}. \c{PUBLIC_CODE} will cause the symbols in the
+code that is generated by \c{wayland-scanner} to be exported. For backwards compatibility \c{PUBLIC_CODE} is the
 default but generally \c{PRIVATE_CODE} is strongly recommended.
 
 qt_generate_wayland_protocol_client_sources() will trigger generation of the files needed to