diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qtablewidget.cpp b/src/widgets/itemviews/qtablewidget.cpp
index 71034f6165..bec690d0d0 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qtablewidget.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qtablewidget.cpp
@@ -2515,7 +2515,9 @@ void QTableWidget::removeColumn(int column)
 
 /*!
    Removes all items in the view.
-   This will also remove all selections.
+   This will also remove all selections and headers.
+   If you don't want to remove the headers, use
+   QTableWidget::clearContents().
    The table dimensions stay the same.
 */