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 e3bbac7a3c6..c01e7b80ed3 100644
--- a/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/src_corelib_kernel_qobject.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/src_corelib_kernel_qobject.cpp
@@ -124,11 +124,10 @@ MyObject::MyObject(QObject *parent)
 
 void MyObject::timerEvent(QTimerEvent *event)
 {
-    qDebug() << "Timer ID:" << event->timerId();
+    qDebug() << "Timer ID:" << event->id();
 }
 //! [8]
 
-
 //! [10]
 QPushButton *button = parentWidget->findChild<QPushButton *>("button1");
 //! [10]
@@ -474,11 +473,8 @@ someQObject->blockSignals(wasBlocked);
 //! [invalid-timer-id]
     QObject *obj;
     ...
-    int id = obj->startTimer(100ms);
-    if (id > Qt::TimerId::Invalid)
-        // The timer has been started successfully
-
-    if (id > 0) // Equivalent, albeit less readable
+    const auto id = Qt::TimerId{obj->startTimer(100ms)};
+    if (id != Qt::TimerId::Invalid)
         // The timer has been started successfully
 //! [invalid-timer-id]
 }
diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qobject.cpp b/src/corelib/kernel/qobject.cpp
index 4426e5f6c90..574b70e74e7 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qobject.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qobject.cpp
@@ -1837,7 +1837,7 @@ int QObject::startTimer(int interval, Qt::TimerType timerType)
     event parameter class when a timer event occurs. Reimplement this
     function to get timer events.
 
-    If multiple timers are running, the QTimerEvent::timerId() can be
+    If multiple timers are running, the QTimerEvent::id() method can be
     used to find out which timer was activated.
 
     Example: