diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qmap.qdoc b/src/corelib/tools/qmap.qdoc
index ace09e73918..b8134b3efa0 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qmap.qdoc
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qmap.qdoc
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@
     \reentrant
 
     QMap\<Key, T\> is one of Qt's generic \l{container classes}. It
-    stores (key, value) pairs and provides fast lookup of the
-    value associated with a key.
+    stores (key, value) pairs and provides fast lookup by key.
 
     QMap and QHash provide very similar functionality. The
     differences are:
diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qmultimap.qdoc b/src/corelib/tools/qmultimap.qdoc
index 487480a9278..bf5e94e6033 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qmultimap.qdoc
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qmultimap.qdoc
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@
     \reentrant
 
     QMultiMap\<Key, T\> is one of Qt's generic \l{container classes}. It
-    stores (key, value) pairs and provides fast lookup of the
-    value associated with a key.
+    stores (key, value) pairs and provides fast lookup by key.
 
     QMultiMap and QMultiHash provide very similar functionality. The
     differences are: