diff --git a/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/src_corelib_global_qglobal.cpp b/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/src_corelib_global_qglobal.cpp
index ddb84bcc74..7d7d71ac50 100644
--- a/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/src_corelib_global_qglobal.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/src_corelib_global_qglobal.cpp
@@ -598,3 +598,13 @@ bool readConfiguration(const QFile &file)
            break;
    }
 //! [qunreachable-switch]
+
+//! [qt-version-check]
+#include <QtGlobal>
+
+#if (QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 0, 0))
+#include <QtWidgets>
+#else
+#include <QtGui>
+#endif
+//! [qt-version-check]
diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qglobal.cpp b/src/corelib/global/qglobal.cpp
index 7fd9283579..f0fb9c1a02 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/qglobal.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/global/qglobal.cpp
@@ -846,6 +846,10 @@ Q_CORE_EXPORT void *qMemSet(void *dest, int c, size_t n);
     integer, 0xMMNNPP (MM = major, NN = minor, PP = patch). This can
     be compared with another similarly processed version id.
 
+    Example:
+
+    \snippet code/src_corelib_global_qglobal.cpp qt-version-check
+
     \sa QT_VERSION
 */