diff --git a/src/testlib/qtestcase.cpp b/src/testlib/qtestcase.cpp
index 7b225ef5b48..3ab3fcc44c7 100644
--- a/src/testlib/qtestcase.cpp
+++ b/src/testlib/qtestcase.cpp
@@ -2591,10 +2591,10 @@ void QTest::ignoreMessage(QtMsgType type, const char *message)
 /*!
     \overload
 
-    Ignores messages created by qDebug() or qWarning(). If the \a message
+    Ignores messages created by qDebug() or qWarning(). If the message
     matching \a messagePattern
     with the corresponding \a type is outputted, it will be removed from the
-    test log. If the test finished and the \a message was not outputted,
+    test log. If the test finished and the message was not outputted,
     a test failure is appended to the test log.
 
     \b {Note:} Invoking this function will only ignore one message.