diff --git a/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/src_corelib_kernel_qvariant.cpp b/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/src_corelib_kernel_qvariant.cpp
index 576aea1cf5..ca1ea21b02 100644
--- a/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/src_corelib_kernel_qvariant.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/src_corelib_kernel_qvariant.cpp
@@ -147,10 +147,7 @@ QVariant data = QVariant::fromValue(object);
 
 //! [9]
 
-QList<int> intList;
-intList.push_back(7);
-intList.push_back(11);
-intList.push_back(42);
+QList<int> intList = {7, 11, 42};
 
 QVariant variant = QVariant::fromValue(intList);
 if (variant.canConvert<QVariantList>()) {