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diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qglobal.cpp b/src/corelib/global/qglobal.cpp
index 1f93d3cbec..c37503f3db 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/qglobal.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/global/qglobal.cpp
@@ -2628,12 +2628,14 @@ QString QSysInfo::kernelVersion()
to determine the distribution name and returns that. If determining the
distribution name failed, it returns "unknown".
- \b{Darwin, \macos, iOS, tvOS, and watchOS note}: this function returns
- "macos" for \macos systems, "ios" for iOS systems, "tvos" for tvOS systems,
- "watchos" for watchOS systems, and "darwin" in case the system could not
- be determined.
+ \b{\macos note}: this function returns "osx" for all \macos systems,
+ regardless of Apple naming convention. The returned string will be updated
+ for Qt 6. Note that this function erroneously returned "macos" for \macos
+ 10.12 in Qt versions 5.6.2, 5.7.1, and 5.8.0.
- \b{OS X note}: this function returns "osx" for versions of \macos prior to 10.12.
+ \b{Darwin, iOS, tvOS, and watchOS note}: this function returns "ios" for
+ iOS systems, "tvos" for tvOS systems, "watchos" for watchOS systems, and
+ "darwin" in case the system could not be determined.
\b{FreeBSD note}: this function returns "debian" for Debian/kFreeBSD and
"unknown" otherwise.
@@ -2666,10 +2668,12 @@ QString QSysInfo::productType()
#elif defined(Q_OS_WATCHOS)
return QStringLiteral("watchos");
#elif defined(Q_OS_MACOS)
- const auto version = QOperatingSystemVersion::current();
- if (version.majorVersion() == 10 && version.minorVersion() < 12)
- return QStringLiteral("osx");
+ // ### Qt6: remove fallback
+# if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(6, 0, 0)
return QStringLiteral("macos");
+# else
+ return QStringLiteral("osx");
+# endif
#elif defined(Q_OS_DARWIN)
return QStringLiteral("darwin");