diff --git a/src/corelib/itemmodels/qabstractitemmodel.cpp b/src/corelib/itemmodels/qabstractitemmodel.cpp
index 2fa4f62021c..521fd69fbcd 100644
--- a/src/corelib/itemmodels/qabstractitemmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/itemmodels/qabstractitemmodel.cpp
@@ -2147,8 +2147,8 @@ QStringList QAbstractItemModel::mimeTypes() const
     mimeTypes(). If you reimplement mimeTypes() in your custom model to return
     more MIME types, reimplement this function to make use of them.
 
-    If the list of \a indexes is empty, or there are no supported MIME types, 0
-    is returned rather than a serialized empty list.
+    If the list of \a indexes is empty, or there are no supported MIME types,
+    \nullptr is returned rather than a serialized empty list.
 
     \sa mimeTypes(), dropMimeData()
 */