diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview.cpp b/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview.cpp
index 5f3596e97cf..0d8236828fa 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview.cpp
@@ -3302,7 +3302,8 @@ bool QAbstractItemView::isPersistentEditorOpen(const QModelIndex &index) const
     to true, otherwise the widget's background will be transparent, showing
     both the model data and the item at the given \a index.
 
-    If index widget A is replaced with index widget B, index widget A will be
+    \note The view takes ownership of the \a widget.
+    This means if index widget A is replaced with index widget B, index widget A will be
     deleted. For example, in the code snippet below, the QLineEdit object will
     be deleted.
 
diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qlistwidget.cpp b/src/widgets/itemviews/qlistwidget.cpp
index 674028df2bb..66d73befe6f 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qlistwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qlistwidget.cpp
@@ -1691,6 +1691,8 @@ QWidget *QListWidget::itemWidget(QListWidgetItem *item) const
     implement a custom editor widget, use QListView and subclass QStyledItemDelegate
     instead.
 
+    \note The list takes ownership of the \a widget.
+
     \sa itemWidget(), removeItemWidget(), {Delegate Classes}
 */
 void QListWidget::setItemWidget(QListWidgetItem *item, QWidget *widget)
diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qtreewidget.cpp b/src/widgets/itemviews/qtreewidget.cpp
index a6f6c9f9366..dbc3fb692cf 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qtreewidget.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qtreewidget.cpp
@@ -2539,6 +2539,8 @@ void QTreeWidgetPrivate::dataChanged(const QModelIndex &topLeft,
   \fn void QTreeWidget::removeItemWidget(QTreeWidgetItem *item, int column)
 
   Removes the widget set in the given \a item in the given \a column.
+
+  \sa itemWidget(), setItemWidget()
 */
 
 /*!
@@ -2974,6 +2976,7 @@ bool QTreeWidget::isPersistentEditorOpen(QTreeWidgetItem *item, int column) cons
 /*!
     Returns the widget displayed in the cell specified by \a item and the given \a column.
 
+    \sa setItemWidget(), removeItemWidget()
 */
 QWidget *QTreeWidget::itemWidget(QTreeWidgetItem *item, int column) const
 {
@@ -2998,9 +3001,9 @@ QWidget *QTreeWidget::itemWidget(QTreeWidgetItem *item, int column) const
     i.e., the QTreeWidgetItem that will hold \a widget must have been added to
     the view before \a widget is set.
 
-    \note The tree takes ownership of the widget.
+    \note The tree takes ownership of \a widget.
 
-    \sa {Delegate Classes}
+    \sa itemWidget(), removeItemWidget(), {Delegate Classes}
 */
 void QTreeWidget::setItemWidget(QTreeWidgetItem *item, int column, QWidget *widget)
 {