diff --git a/src/sql/models/qsqltablemodel.cpp b/src/sql/models/qsqltablemodel.cpp
index 0eed6ea4d3..d411076649 100644
--- a/src/sql/models/qsqltablemodel.cpp
+++ b/src/sql/models/qsqltablemodel.cpp
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ void QSqlTableModel::setPrimaryKey(const QSqlIndex &key)
 }
 
 /*!
-    Returns a pointer to the used QSqlDatabase or 0 if no database was set.
+    Returns the model's database connection.
 */
 QSqlDatabase QSqlTableModel::database() const
 {