diff --git a/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget.cpp b/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget.cpp
index 0e868091fc233649ed50ada446603bbb7fc6f42d..cfccce7c4180978c24a88b48c344b905a65d21d9 100644
--- a/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget.cpp
@@ -3040,7 +3040,8 @@ QList<QAction*> QWidget::actions() const
 
     Disabling a widget implicitly disables all its children. Enabling
     respectively enables all child widgets unless they have been
-    explicitly disabled.
+    explicitly disabled. It it not possible to explicitly enable a child
+    widget which is not a window while its parent widget remains disabled.
 
     By default, this property is true.