diff --git a/src/core/api/qwebengineurlrequestinfo.cpp b/src/core/api/qwebengineurlrequestinfo.cpp
index 0aab4aa1b1e5639a83f535270837ef362a76f4a1..c6b85ddb0484ec9d8ce7cd8dab49791935bffc41 100644
--- a/src/core/api/qwebengineurlrequestinfo.cpp
+++ b/src/core/api/qwebengineurlrequestinfo.cpp
@@ -274,10 +274,10 @@ void QWebEngineUrlRequestInfo::block(bool shouldBlock)
 }
 
 /*!
-    Sets an extra request header for this request with \a name and \a value.
+    Sets the request header \a name to \a value for this request.
 */
 
-void QWebEngineUrlRequestInfo::setExtraHeader(const QByteArray &name, const QByteArray &value)
+void QWebEngineUrlRequestInfo::setHttpHeader(const QByteArray &name, const QByteArray &value)
 {
     Q_D(QWebEngineUrlRequestInfo);
     d->changed = true;
diff --git a/src/core/api/qwebengineurlrequestinfo.h b/src/core/api/qwebengineurlrequestinfo.h
index 1443665af0b5b39f4b3ab5fc01e5d1da7cd5409b..008df77512b0dcf507d776d5ddc61c967d16c42a 100644
--- a/src/core/api/qwebengineurlrequestinfo.h
+++ b/src/core/api/qwebengineurlrequestinfo.h
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public:
 
     void block(bool shouldBlock);
     void redirect(const QUrl &url);
-    void setExtraHeader(const QByteArray &name, const QByteArray &value);
+    void setHttpHeader(const QByteArray &name, const QByteArray &value);
 
 private:
     friend class QtWebEngineCore::NetworkDelegateQt;