diff --git a/src/plugins/styles/mac/qmacstyle_mac.mm b/src/plugins/styles/mac/qmacstyle_mac.mm
index 54e40945af4..62d58bca252 100644
--- a/src/plugins/styles/mac/qmacstyle_mac.mm
+++ b/src/plugins/styles/mac/qmacstyle_mac.mm
@@ -3036,7 +3036,7 @@ void QMacStyle::drawPrimitive(PrimitiveElement pe, const QStyleOption *opt, QPai
             }
 #if QT_CONFIG(tabwidget)
             QRegion region(tbb->rect);
-            region -= tbb->tabBarRect;
+            region -= tbb->tabBarRect.adjusted(3, 0, -3, 0);
             p->save();
             p->setClipRegion(region);
             QStyleOptionTabWidgetFrame twf;
diff --git a/src/widgets/widgets/qtabbar.cpp b/src/widgets/widgets/qtabbar.cpp
index 1621356c401..2738afcbdce 100644
--- a/src/widgets/widgets/qtabbar.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/widgets/qtabbar.cpp
@@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ void QTabBar::setShape(Shape shape)
     \property QTabBar::drawBase
     \brief defines whether or not tab bar should draw its base.
 
-    If true then QTabBar draws a base in relation to the styles overlab.
+    If true then QTabBar draws a base in relation to the styles overlap.
     Otherwise only the tabs are drawn.
 
     \sa QStyle::pixelMetric(), QStyle::PM_TabBarBaseOverlap, QStyleOptionTabBarBase