diff --git a/src/corelib/itemmodels/qabstractproxymodel.cpp b/src/corelib/itemmodels/qabstractproxymodel.cpp
index dbbbbb8ff4..c33b0a56b8 100644
--- a/src/corelib/itemmodels/qabstractproxymodel.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/itemmodels/qabstractproxymodel.cpp
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 /*!
     \property QAbstractProxyModel::sourceModel
 
-    \brief the source model this proxy model.
+    \brief the source model of this proxy model.
 */
 
 //detects the deletion of the source model