diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qobject.cpp b/src/corelib/kernel/qobject.cpp
index 26102906af..88e928044b 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qobject.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qobject.cpp
@@ -2059,7 +2059,7 @@ void QObject::killTimer(int id)
 */
 
 /*!
-    \fn QList<T> QObject::findChildren(const QRegularExpression &re, Qt::FindChildOptions options) const
+    \fn template<typename T> QList<T> QObject::findChildren(const QRegularExpression &re, Qt::FindChildOptions options) const
     \overload findChildren()
 
     \since 5.0