diff --git a/src/quick/items/qquicktextinput.cpp b/src/quick/items/qquicktextinput.cpp
index b305ad116a99aaf2f4cf422c68bd0d2d282dec5a..f9de3d25e79b73f099292f0c68091de5add8685c 100644
--- a/src/quick/items/qquicktextinput.cpp
+++ b/src/quick/items/qquicktextinput.cpp
@@ -2099,7 +2099,7 @@ void QQuickTextInput::insert(int position, const QString &text)
 }
 
 /*!
-    \qmlmethod string QtQuick2::TextInput::getText(int start, int end)
+    \qmlmethod QtQuick2::TextInput::remove(int start, int end)
 
     Removes the section of text that is between the \a start and \a end positions from the TextInput.
 */