diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qtreeview.cpp b/src/widgets/itemviews/qtreeview.cpp
index b7d74bee4dc..dd8fe6a2203 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qtreeview.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qtreeview.cpp
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ void QTreeView::setHeader(QHeaderView *header)
   \since 4.3
 
   This property holds the amount of time in milliseconds that the user must wait over
-  a node before that node will automatically open or close.  If the time is
+  a node before that node will automatically open.  If the time is
   set to less then 0 then it will not be activated.
 
   By default, this property has a value of -1, meaning that auto-expansion is disabled.
@@ -1278,7 +1278,7 @@ void QTreeView::timerEvent(QTimerEvent *event)
         if (state() == QAbstractItemView::DraggingState
             && d->viewport->rect().contains(pos)) {
             QModelIndex index = indexAt(pos);
-            setExpanded(index, !isExpanded(index));
+            expand(index);
         }
         d->openTimer.stop();
     }