diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qstring.cpp b/src/corelib/tools/qstring.cpp
index 942df9e0dd..fd51ce321d 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qstring.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qstring.cpp
@@ -8940,7 +8940,7 @@ ownership of it, no memory is freed when instances are destroyed.
     Returns a const \l{STL-style iterators}{STL-style iterator} pointing to the first character in
     the string.
 
-    \sa cbegin(), end(), rbegin(), rend()
+    \sa cbegin(), constBegin(), end(), constEnd(), rbegin(), rend()
 */
 
 /*!
@@ -8949,7 +8949,16 @@ ownership of it, no memory is freed when instances are destroyed.
 
     Same as begin().
 
-    \sa begin(), cend(), rbegin(), rend()
+    \sa begin(), constBegin(), cend(), constEnd(), rbegin(), rend()
+*/
+
+/*!
+    \fn QStringRef::const_iterator QStringRef::constBegin() const
+    \since 5.9
+
+    Same as begin().
+
+    \sa begin(), cend(), constEnd(), rbegin(), rend()
 */
 
 /*!
@@ -8959,7 +8968,7 @@ ownership of it, no memory is freed when instances are destroyed.
     Returns a const \l{STL-style iterators}{STL-style iterator} pointing to the imaginary
     character after the last character in the list.
 
-    \sa cbegin(), end(), rbegin(), rend()
+    \sa cbegin(), constBegin(), end(), constEnd(), rbegin(), rend()
 */
 
 /*! \fn QStringRef::const_iterator QStringRef::cend() const
@@ -8967,7 +8976,15 @@ ownership of it, no memory is freed when instances are destroyed.
 
     Same as end().
 
-    \sa end(), cbegin(), rbegin(), rend()
+    \sa end(), constEnd(), cbegin(), constBegin(), rbegin(), rend()
+*/
+
+/*! \fn QStringRef::const_iterator QStringRef::constEnd() const
+    \since 5.9
+
+    Same as end().
+
+    \sa end(), cend(), cbegin(), constBegin(), rbegin(), rend()
 */
 
 /*!
diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qstring.h b/src/corelib/tools/qstring.h
index 8a53a8f5be..8b7528577c 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qstring.h
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qstring.h
@@ -1473,8 +1473,10 @@ public:
 
     inline const_iterator begin() const { return unicode(); }
     inline const_iterator cbegin() const { return unicode(); }
+    inline const_iterator constBegin() const { return unicode(); }
     inline const_iterator end() const { return unicode() + size(); }
     inline const_iterator cend() const { return unicode() + size(); }
+    inline const_iterator constEnd() const { return unicode() + size(); }
     inline const_reverse_iterator rbegin() const { return const_reverse_iterator(end()); }
     inline const_reverse_iterator crbegin() const { return rbegin(); }
     inline const_reverse_iterator rend() const { return const_reverse_iterator(begin()); }