diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qevent.cpp b/src/gui/kernel/qevent.cpp
index 33e3b7e1b70..d36204e5ad4 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qevent.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qevent.cpp
@@ -1752,7 +1752,7 @@ QInputMethodEvent::QInputMethodEvent()
 }
 
 /*!
-    Construcs an event of type QEvent::InputMethod. The
+    Constructs an event of type QEvent::InputMethod. The
     preedit text is set to \a preeditText, the attributes to
     \a attributes.