diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qglobal.cpp b/src/corelib/global/qglobal.cpp
index a1a27376e7c..62ca2ca8a1d 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/qglobal.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/global/qglobal.cpp
@@ -3973,7 +3973,7 @@ bool qunsetenv(const char *varName)
 
     \list
     \li \c Q_PRIMITIVE_TYPE specifies that \a Type is a POD (plain old
-       data) type with no constructor or destructor, or else a type memcpy()ing
+       data) type with no constructor or destructor, and for which memcpy()ing
        creates a valid independent copy of the object.
     \li \c Q_RELOCATABLE_TYPE specifies that \a Type has a constructor
        and/or a destructor but can be moved in memory using \c