diff --git a/src/network/doc/snippets/code/src_network_ssl_qsslsocket.cpp b/src/network/doc/snippets/code/src_network_ssl_qsslsocket.cpp
index a7ab8c09771..3bd57f1d446 100644
--- a/src/network/doc/snippets/code/src_network_ssl_qsslsocket.cpp
+++ b/src/network/doc/snippets/code/src_network_ssl_qsslsocket.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ void SslServer::incomingConnection(qintptr socketDescriptor)
 {
     QSslSocket *serverSocket = new QSslSocket;
     if (serverSocket->setSocketDescriptor(socketDescriptor)) {
-        connect(serverSocket, SIGNAL(encrypted()), this, SLOT(ready()));
+        addPendingConnection(serverSocket);
+        connect(serverSocket, &QSslSocket::encrypted, this, &SslServer::ready);
         serverSocket->startServerEncryption();
     } else {
         delete serverSocket;
diff --git a/src/network/socket/qtcpserver.cpp b/src/network/socket/qtcpserver.cpp
index 914c14877e0..bf75666548f 100644
--- a/src/network/socket/qtcpserver.cpp
+++ b/src/network/socket/qtcpserver.cpp
@@ -559,6 +559,10 @@ QTcpSocket *QTcpServer::nextPendingConnection()
     may not be usable with native socket functions, and should only be
     used with QTcpSocket::setSocketDescriptor().
 
+    \note If another socket is created in the reimplementation
+    of this method, it needs to be added to the Pending Connections mechanism
+    by calling addPendingConnection().
+
     \note If you want to handle an incoming connection as a new QTcpSocket
     object in another thread you have to pass the socketDescriptor
     to the other thread and create the QTcpSocket object there and