diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview.cpp b/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview.cpp
index 695f1c8c7f5..98ba2533d64 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview.cpp
@@ -3285,7 +3285,8 @@ 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 a91902813a9..146c2b42f5e 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qlistwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qlistwidget.cpp
@@ -1713,6 +1713,8 @@ 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 8e46a0efbe1..a176ef4c8e9 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qtreewidget.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qtreewidget.cpp
@@ -2567,6 +2567,8 @@ 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()
 */
 
 /*!
@@ -3016,6 +3018,7 @@ 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
 {
@@ -3042,9 +3045,9 @@ 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)
 {