diff --git a/src/corelib/thread/qfuture.qdoc b/src/corelib/thread/qfuture.qdoc
index b81944200e4..fd3120ff153 100644
--- a/src/corelib/thread/qfuture.qdoc
+++ b/src/corelib/thread/qfuture.qdoc
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@
 
     \ingroup thread
 
-    To start a computation, use one of the APIs in the \l {Qt Concurrent} framework.
-
     QFuture allows threads to be synchronized against one or more results
     which will be ready at a later point in time. The result can be of any type
     that has default, copy and possibly move constructors. If
@@ -138,7 +136,10 @@
     be created using convenience functions QtFuture::makeReadyFuture and
     QtFuture::makeExceptionalFuture.
 
-    \sa QtFuture::connect(), QtFuture::makeReadyFuture(),
+    \note To start a computation and store results in a QFuture, use QPromise or
+    one of the APIs in the \l {Qt Concurrent} framework.
+
+    \sa QPromise, QtFuture::connect(), QtFuture::makeReadyFuture(),
     QtFuture::makeExceptionalFuture(), QFutureWatcher, {Qt Concurrent}
 */