diff --git a/doc/global/html-footer.qdocconf b/doc/global/html-footer.qdocconf
index d596aaa058f..75626af6459 100644
--- a/doc/global/html-footer.qdocconf
+++ b/doc/global/html-footer.qdocconf
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ HTML.footer = \
     "</div>\n" \
     "<div class=\"footer\">\n" \
     "   <p>\n" \
-    "   <acronym title=\"Copyright\">&copy;</acronym> 2024 <span translate=\"no\">The Qt Company Ltd.</span>\n" \
+    "   <abbr title=\"Copyright\">&copy;</abbr> 2024 <span translate=\"no\">The Qt Company Ltd.</span>\n" \
     "   Documentation contributions included herein are the copyrights of\n" \
     "   their respective owners.<br/>" \
     "   The documentation provided herein is licensed under the terms of the" \
diff --git a/doc/global/qt-module-defaults-online.qdocconf b/doc/global/qt-module-defaults-online.qdocconf
index 781b919f795..47d39f49250 100644
--- a/doc/global/qt-module-defaults-online.qdocconf
+++ b/doc/global/qt-module-defaults-online.qdocconf
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 HTML.footer = \
     "   </div>\n" \
     "   <p class=\"copy-notice\">\n" \
-    "   <acronym title=\"Copyright\">&copy;</acronym> 2024 The Qt Company Ltd.\n" \
+    "   <abbr title=\"Copyright\">&copy;</abbr> 2024 The Qt Company Ltd.\n" \
     "   Documentation contributions included herein are the copyrights of\n" \
     "   their respective owners. " \
     "   The documentation provided herein is licensed under the terms of the" \