diff --git a/src/widgets/styles/qstyle.cpp b/src/widgets/styles/qstyle.cpp
index 13199152013..60b2f51e952 100644
--- a/src/widgets/styles/qstyle.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/styles/qstyle.cpp
@@ -1494,8 +1494,7 @@ void QStyle::drawItemPixmap(QPainter *painter, const QRect &rect, int alignment,
     Returns the value of the given pixel \a metric.
 
     The specified \a option and \a widget can be used for calculating
-    the metric. In general, the \a widget argument is not used. The \a
-    option can be cast to the appropriate type using the
+    the metric. The \a option can be cast to the appropriate type using the
     qstyleoption_cast() function. Note that the \a option may be zero
     even for PixelMetrics that can make use of it. See the table below
     for the appropriate \a option casts: