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diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qtemporaryfile.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qtemporaryfile.cpp
index acd31f4d84..55d13dad70 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qtemporaryfile.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qtemporaryfile.cpp
@@ -631,6 +631,12 @@ QString QTemporaryFilePrivate::defaultTemplateName()
case sensitive. If the template is not present in the filename,
QTemporaryFile appends the generated part to the filename given.
+ \note On Linux, QTemporaryFile will attempt to create unnamed temporary
+ files. If that succeeds, open() will return true but exists() will be
+ false. If you call fileName() or any function that calls it,
+ QTemporaryFile will give the file a name, so most applications will
+ not see a difference.
+
\sa QDir::tempPath(), QFile
*/