diff --git a/src/corelib/doc/snippets/cmake-macros/examples.cmake b/src/corelib/doc/snippets/cmake-macros/examples.cmake
index 31cf4811e0d..62d6324bc9b 100644
--- a/src/corelib/doc/snippets/cmake-macros/examples.cmake
+++ b/src/corelib/doc/snippets/cmake-macros/examples.cmake
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ qt_add_resources(myapp "images"
 #! [qt_add_big_resources]
 set(SOURCES main.cpp)
 qt_add_big_resources(SOURCES big_resource.qrc)
+
+# Have big_resource.qrc treated as a source file by Qt Creator
+list(APPEND SOURCES big_resource.qrc)
+set_property(SOURCE big_resource.qrc PROPERTY SKIP_AUTORCC ON)
+
 add_executable(myapp ${SOURCES})
 #! [qt_add_big_resources]
 
diff --git a/src/corelib/doc/src/cmake/qt_add_big_resources.qdoc b/src/corelib/doc/src/cmake/qt_add_big_resources.qdoc
index 07e75f6fc52..8cb78cf9c15 100644
--- a/src/corelib/doc/src/cmake/qt_add_big_resources.qdoc
+++ b/src/corelib/doc/src/cmake/qt_add_big_resources.qdoc
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ generates object files (\c .o, \c .obj) files instead of C++ source code.
 This allows to embed bigger resources, where compiling to C++ sources and then
 to binaries would be too time consuming or memory intensive.
 
+\note The \c{file1.qrc} will not be treated as a source file by Qt Creator. It
+needs to be added as a source file to a CMake target and have the property
+\c{SKIP_AUTORCC} set to \c{ON}.
+
 \section1 Arguments
 
 You can set additional \c{OPTIONS} that should be added to the \c{rcc} calls.