diff --git a/src/corelib/itemmodels/qabstractitemmodel.cpp b/src/corelib/itemmodels/qabstractitemmodel.cpp
index 7a1357959eb..c6f174bcf84 100644
--- a/src/corelib/itemmodels/qabstractitemmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/itemmodels/qabstractitemmodel.cpp
@@ -1223,12 +1223,11 @@ void QAbstractItemModelPrivate::columnsRemoved(const QModelIndex &parent,
 /*!
     \fn bool QAbstractItemModel::insertRow(int row, const QModelIndex &parent)
 
-    \note The base class implementation of this function does nothing and
-    returns false.
-
     Inserts a single row before the given \a row in the child items of the
     \a parent specified.
 
+    \note This function calls the virtual method insertRows.
+
     Returns true if the row is inserted; otherwise returns false.
 
     \sa insertRows() insertColumn() removeRow()