diff --git a/src/gui/text/qtextobject.cpp b/src/gui/text/qtextobject.cpp
index bd1e970583..c0342c0d4e 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qtextobject.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qtextobject.cpp
@@ -1242,9 +1242,9 @@ QString QTextBlock::text() const
 
     \sa charFormat(), blockFormat()
 */
-QList<QTextLayout::FormatRange> QTextBlock::textFormats() const
+QVector<QTextLayout::FormatRange> QTextBlock::textFormats() const
 {
-    QList<QTextLayout::FormatRange> formats;
+    QVector<QTextLayout::FormatRange> formats;
     if (!p || !n)
         return formats;
 
diff --git a/src/gui/text/qtextobject.h b/src/gui/text/qtextobject.h
index 6a127f0315..8138854348 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qtextobject.h
+++ b/src/gui/text/qtextobject.h
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ public:
 
     QString text() const;
 
-    QList<QTextLayout::FormatRange> textFormats() const;
+    QVector<QTextLayout::FormatRange> textFormats() const;
 
     const QTextDocument *document() const;