diff --git a/src/corelib/serialization/qjsonparser.cpp b/src/corelib/serialization/qjsonparser.cpp
index ba4887225d8..1e253a0fb14 100644
--- a/src/corelib/serialization/qjsonparser.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/serialization/qjsonparser.cpp
@@ -102,9 +102,9 @@ using namespace QtMiscUtils;
 /*!
     \variable QJsonParseError::offset
 
-    Contains the offset in the input string where the parse error occurred.
+    Contains the byte offset in the UTF-8 byte array where the parse error occurred.
 
-    \sa error, errorString()
+    \sa error, errorString(), QJsonDocument::fromJson()
 */
 
 /*!