3 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/widgets/widgets/qmainwindow.cpp b/src/widgets/widgets/qmainwindow.cpp
index 36ca90ba00..79f42a13ed 100644
--- a/src/widgets/widgets/qmainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/widgets/qmainwindow.cpp
@@ -468,6 +468,10 @@ void QMainWindow::setIconSize(const QSize &iconSize)
 /*! \property QMainWindow::toolButtonStyle
     \brief style of toolbar buttons in this mainwindow.
 
+    To have the style of toolbuttons follow the system settings, set this property to Qt::ToolButtonFollowStyle.
+    On Unix, the user settings from the desktop environment will be used.
+    On other platforms, Qt::ToolButtonFollowStyle means icon only.
+
     The default is Qt::ToolButtonIconOnly.
 */
 
diff --git a/src/widgets/widgets/qtoolbar.cpp b/src/widgets/widgets/qtoolbar.cpp
index 1c05529cd6..834c2fe56b 100644
--- a/src/widgets/widgets/qtoolbar.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/widgets/qtoolbar.cpp
@@ -720,6 +720,10 @@ void QToolBar::setIconSize(const QSize &iconSize)
     as \l{QAction}s. Note that if you add a QToolButton with the
     addWidget() method, it will not get this button style.
 
+    To have the style of toolbuttons follow the system settings, set this property to Qt::ToolButtonFollowStyle.
+    On Unix, the user settings from the desktop environment will be used.
+    On other platforms, Qt::ToolButtonFollowStyle means icon only.
+
     The default is Qt::ToolButtonIconOnly.
 */
 
diff --git a/src/widgets/widgets/qtoolbutton.cpp b/src/widgets/widgets/qtoolbutton.cpp
index 497bc52109..1b5ba8cd58 100644
--- a/src/widgets/widgets/qtoolbutton.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/widgets/qtoolbutton.cpp
@@ -384,8 +384,9 @@ QSize QToolButton::minimumSizeHint() const
 
     The default is Qt::ToolButtonIconOnly.
 
-    To have the style of toolbuttons follow the system settings (as available
-    in GNOME and KDE desktop environments), set this property to Qt::ToolButtonFollowStyle.
+    To have the style of toolbuttons follow the system settings, set this property to Qt::ToolButtonFollowStyle.
+    On Unix, the user settings from the desktop environment will be used.
+    On other platforms, Qt::ToolButtonFollowStyle means icon only.
 
     QToolButton automatically connects this slot to the relevant
     signal in the QMainWindow in which is resides.