1 files changed, 5 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/src_corelib_kernel_qmetatype.cpp b/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/src_corelib_kernel_qmetatype.cpp
index b66951357d..757700786e 100644
--- a/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/src_corelib_kernel_qmetatype.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/src_corelib_kernel_qmetatype.cpp
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@ MyStruct s2 = var.value<MyStruct>();
 
 
 //! [3]
-int id = QMetaType::type("MyClass");
-if (id != QMetaType::UnknownType) {
-    void *myClassPtr = QMetaType::create(id);
+QMetaType type = QMetaType::fromName("MyClass");
+if (type.isValid()) {
+    void *myClassPtr = type.create();
     ...
-    QMetaType::destroy(id, myClassPtr);
-    myClassPtr = 0;
+    type.destroy(myClassPtr);
+    myClassPtr = nullptr;
 }
 //! [3]
 
@@ -101,16 +101,6 @@ void someFunc()
 
 //! [11]
 
-//! [12]
-QPointer<QFile> fp(new QFile);
-QVariant var = QVariant::fromValue(fp);
-// ...
-if (var.canConvert<QObject*>()) {
-    QObject *sp = var.value<QObject*>();
-    qDebug() << sp->metaObject()->className(); // Prints 'QFile'.
-}
-//! [12]
-
 //! [13]
 
 #include <memory>