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diff --git a/src/dbus/qdbusmetatype.cpp b/src/dbus/qdbusmetatype.cpp
index 2aaf0e2297..59a71ade3e 100644
--- a/src/dbus/qdbusmetatype.cpp
+++ b/src/dbus/qdbusmetatype.cpp
@@ -1,31 +1,37 @@
/****************************************************************************
**
-** Copyright (C) 2015 The Qt Company Ltd.
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+** Copyright (C) 2016 The Qt Company Ltd.
+** Contact: https://www.qt.io/licensing/
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**
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+** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:LGPL$
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@@ -171,7 +177,7 @@ Q_GLOBAL_STATIC(QReadWriteLock, customTypesLock)
\snippet code/src_qdbus_qdbusmetatype.cpp 0
- If \c{T} isn't a type derived from one of
+ If \c{T} isn't one of
Qt's \l{container classes}, the \c{operator<<} and
\c{operator>>} streaming operators between \c{T} and QDBusArgument
must be already declared. See the \l {qdbustypesystem.html}{Qt D-Bus
@@ -181,6 +187,14 @@ Q_GLOBAL_STATIC(QReadWriteLock, customTypesLock)
This function returns the Qt meta type id for the type (the same
value that is returned from qRegisterMetaType()).
+ \note The feature that a \c{T} inheriting a streamable type (including
+ the containers QList, QHash or QMap) can be streamed without providing
+ custom \c{operator<<} and \c{operator>>} is deprecated as of Qt 5.7,
+ because it ignores everything in \c{T} except the base class. There is
+ no diagnostic. You should always provide these operators for all types
+ you wish to stream and not rely on Qt-provided stream operators for
+ base classes.
+
\sa {qdbustypesystem.html}{Qt D-Bus Type System}, qRegisterMetaType(), QMetaType
*/