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diff --git a/src/widgets/widgets/qlineedit.cpp b/src/widgets/widgets/qlineedit.cpp
index ea58ec1429..abef6e8832 100644
--- a/src/widgets/widgets/qlineedit.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/widgets/qlineedit.cpp
@@ -360,9 +360,9 @@ void QLineEdit::setPlaceholderText(const QString& placeholderText)
\brief the displayed text
If \l echoMode is \l Normal this returns the same as text(); if
- \l EchoMode is \l Password or \l PasswordEchoOnEdit it returns a string of asterisks
- text().length() characters long, e.g. "******"; if \l EchoMode is
- \l NoEcho returns an empty string, "".
+ \l EchoMode is \l Password or \l PasswordEchoOnEdit it returns a string of
+ platform-dependent password mask characters text().length() in size,
+ e.g. "******"; if \l EchoMode is \l NoEcho returns an empty string, "".
By default, this property contains an empty string.
@@ -440,10 +440,11 @@ void QLineEdit::setFrame(bool enable)
\value NoEcho Do not display anything. This may be appropriate
for passwords where even the length of the
password should be kept secret.
- \value Password Display asterisks instead of the characters
- actually entered.
+ \value Password Display platform-dependent password mask characters instead
+ of the characters actually entered.
\value PasswordEchoOnEdit Display characters as they are entered
- while editing otherwise display asterisks.
+ while editing otherwise display characters as with
+ \c Password.
\sa setEchoMode(), echoMode()
*/