diff --git a/src/webengine/api/qquickwebengineview.cpp b/src/webengine/api/qquickwebengineview.cpp
index 8b2adab58bee6455e9f6b3db61aa35612a0768f7..7405cae4498a33e04582799ef575b40b3a2c8933 100644
--- a/src/webengine/api/qquickwebengineview.cpp
+++ b/src/webengine/api/qquickwebengineview.cpp
@@ -705,6 +705,15 @@ void QQuickWebEngineView::setProfile(QQuickWebEngineProfile *profile)
     Q_D(QQuickWebEngineView);
     d->setProfile(profile);
 }
+/*!
+ * \qmlproperty WebEngineSettings QQuickWebEngineView::settings
+ * \readonly settings
+ * \since QtWebEngine 1.1
+ *
+ * The \a settings property holds the settings used by this view.
+ *
+ * \sa WebEngineSettings
+ */
 
 QQuickWebEngineSettings *QQuickWebEngineView::settings() const
 {