diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qobject.cpp b/src/corelib/kernel/qobject.cpp
index 56118a20851..27d719519ae 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qobject.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qobject.cpp
@@ -4618,6 +4618,13 @@ QDebug operator<<(QDebug dbg, const QObject *o)
     Q_GADGET or Q_GADGET_EXPORT instead of Q_OBJECT to enable the meta object system's support
     for enums in a class that is not a QObject subclass.
 
+//! [qobject-macros-private-access-specifier]
+    \note This macro expansion ends with a \c private: access specifier, which makes member
+    declarations immediately after the macro private, too. If you want add public (or protected)
+    members immediately after the macro, you need to use a \c public: (or \c protected:)
+    access specifier.
+//! [qobject-macros-private-access-specifier]
+
     \sa {Meta-Object System}, {Signals and Slots}, {Qt's Property System}
 */
 
@@ -4637,6 +4644,8 @@ QDebug operator<<(QDebug dbg, const QObject *o)
     \c{staticMetaObject} is of type QMetaObject and provides access to the
     enums declared with Q_ENUM.
 
+    \include qobject.cpp qobject-macros-private-access-specifier
+
     \sa Q_GADGET_EXPORT
 */
 
@@ -4662,6 +4671,8 @@ QDebug operator<<(QDebug dbg, const QObject *o)
         ~~~
     \endcode
 
+    \include qobject.cpp qobject-macros-private-access-specifier
+
     \sa Q_GADGET, {Creating Shared Libraries}
 */