diff --git a/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/src_corelib_kernel_qobject.cpp b/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/src_corelib_kernel_qobject.cpp
index c01e7b80ed3..b7705ebacf7 100644
--- a/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/src_corelib_kernel_qobject.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/src_corelib_kernel_qobject.cpp
@@ -106,19 +106,11 @@ protected:
 MyObject::MyObject(QObject *parent)
     : QObject(parent)
 {
-    startTimer(50);     // 50-millisecond timer
-    startTimer(1000);   // 1-second timer
-    startTimer(60000);  // 1-minute timer
+    using namespace std::chrono_literals;
 
-    using namespace std::chrono;
-    startTimer(milliseconds(50));
-    startTimer(seconds(1));
-    startTimer(minutes(1));
-
-    // since C++14 we can use std::chrono::duration literals, e.g.:
-    startTimer(100ms);
+    startTimer(50ms);
     startTimer(5s);
-    startTimer(2min);
+    startTimer(10min);
     startTimer(1h);
 }