diff --git a/src/widgets/widgets/qlineedit.cpp b/src/widgets/widgets/qlineedit.cpp
index 863c1e9bbeb..fa78b9203ca 100644
--- a/src/widgets/widgets/qlineedit.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/widgets/qlineedit.cpp
@@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ QString QLineEdit::selectedText() const
 }
 
 /*!
-    selectionStart() returns the index of the first selected character in the
+    Returns the index of the first selected character in the
     line edit or -1 if no text is selected.
 
     \sa selectedText()