diff --git a/src/corelib/doc/snippets/qmessageauthenticationcode/main.cpp b/src/corelib/doc/snippets/qmessageauthenticationcode/main.cpp
index 530f93cdd56..21c55568cac 100644
--- a/src/corelib/doc/snippets/qmessageauthenticationcode/main.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/doc/snippets/qmessageauthenticationcode/main.cpp
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 //! [0]
 
 //! [1]
-    QMessageAuthenticationCode code(QCryptographicHash::Sha1, key);
+    QMessageAuthenticationCode code(QCryptographicHash::Sha256, key);
     code.addData(message);
-    code.result().toHex();      // returns "de7c9b85b8b78aa6bc8a7a36f70a90701c9db4d9"
+    code.result().toHex(); // returns "f7bc83f430538424b13298e6aa6fb143ef4d59a14946175997479dbc2d1a3cd8"
 //! [1]
 
 //! [2]
-    QMessageAuthenticationCode::hash(message, key, QCryptographicHash::Sha1).toHex();
+    QMessageAuthenticationCode::hash(message, key, QCryptographicHash::Sha256).toHex();
 //! [2]
 }