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diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp b/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp
index e4b1562b8b..4a4ad3ddf8 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp
@@ -634,9 +634,9 @@ void QCoreApplicationPrivate::initLocale()
Several static convenience functions are also provided. The
QCoreApplication object is available from instance(). Events can
- be sent or posted using sendEvent(), postEvent(), and
- sendPostedEvents(). Pending events can be removed with
- removePostedEvents() or flushed with flush().
+ be sent with sendEvent() or posted to an event queue with postEvent().
+ Pending events can be removed with removePostedEvents() or dispatched
+ with sendPostedEvents().
The class provides a quit() slot and an aboutToQuit() signal.
@@ -705,15 +705,14 @@ QCoreApplication::QCoreApplication(QCoreApplicationPrivate &p)
#ifndef QT_NO_QOBJECT
/*!
- Flushes the platform-specific event queues.
+ \deprecated
+ This function is equivalent to calling \c {QCoreApplication::eventDispatcher()->flush()},
+ which also is deprecated, see QAbstractEventDispatcher::flush(). Use sendPostedEvents()
+ and processEvents() for more fine-grained control of the event loop instead.
- If you are doing graphical changes inside a loop that does not
- return to the event loop on asynchronous window systems like X11
- or double buffered window systems like Quartz (\macos and iOS), and you want to
- visualize these changes immediately (e.g. Splash Screens), call
- this function.
+ Historically this functions was used to flush the platform-specific native event queues.
- \sa sendPostedEvents()
+ \sa sendPostedEvents(), processEvents(), QAbstractEventDispatcher::flush()
*/
void QCoreApplication::flush()
{