diff --git a/qmake/doc/snippets/code/doc_src_qmake-manual.pro b/qmake/doc/snippets/code/doc_src_qmake-manual.pro
index 1710826f2d4..8ba0aa07132 100644
--- a/qmake/doc/snippets/code/doc_src_qmake-manual.pro
+++ b/qmake/doc/snippets/code/doc_src_qmake-manual.pro
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ qmake -spec macx-g++
 
 
 #! [14]
-QMAKE_LFLAGS += -F/path/to/framework/directory/
+LIBS += -F/path/to/framework/directory/
 #! [14]
 
 
diff --git a/qmake/doc/src/qmake-manual.qdoc b/qmake/doc/src/qmake-manual.qdoc
index 4ff64f59d61..34e86b94c5b 100644
--- a/qmake/doc/src/qmake-manual.qdoc
+++ b/qmake/doc/src/qmake-manual.qdoc
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@
 
     Directories other than the standard framework directory need to be specified
     to the build system, and this is achieved by appending linker options to the
-    \l{QMAKE_LFLAGS} variable, as shown in the following example:
+    \l{LIBS} variable, as shown in the following example:
 
     \snippet code/doc_src_qmake-manual.pro 14