diff --git a/src/network/access/qnetworkrequest.cpp b/src/network/access/qnetworkrequest.cpp
index f0ffc03c5be..43e3c56e8cf 100644
--- a/src/network/access/qnetworkrequest.cpp
+++ b/src/network/access/qnetworkrequest.cpp
@@ -742,9 +742,8 @@ QSslConfiguration QNetworkRequest::sslConfiguration() const
 /*!
     Sets this network request's SSL configuration to be \a config. The
     settings that apply are the private key, the local certificate,
-    the SSL protocol (SSLv2, SSLv3, TLSv1.0 where applicable), the CA
-    certificates and the ciphers that the SSL backend is allowed to
-    use.
+    the TLS protocol (e.g. TLS 1.3), the CA certificates and the ciphers that
+    the SSL backend is allowed to use.
 
     \sa sslConfiguration(), QSslConfiguration::defaultConfiguration()
 */
diff --git a/src/network/ssl/qsslsocket.cpp b/src/network/ssl/qsslsocket.cpp
index 453d7a87218..b5d5c285dad 100644
--- a/src/network/ssl/qsslsocket.cpp
+++ b/src/network/ssl/qsslsocket.cpp
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@
 
     QSslSocket establishes a secure, encrypted TCP connection you can
     use for transmitting encrypted data. It can operate in both client
-    and server mode, and it supports modern SSL protocols, including
-    SSL 3 and TLS 1.2. By default, QSslSocket uses only SSL protocols
+    and server mode, and it supports modern TLS protocols, including
+    TLS 1.3. By default, QSslSocket uses only TLS protocols
     which are considered to be secure (QSsl::SecureProtocols), but you can
-    change the SSL protocol by calling setProtocol() as long as you do
+    change the TLS protocol by calling setProtocol() as long as you do
     it before the handshake has started.
 
     SSL encryption operates on top of the existing TCP stream after