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diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp b/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp
index 1b711ba16bd..55d9cea7c6c 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp
@@ -1618,6 +1618,17 @@ QCoreApplicationPrivate::QPostEventListLocker QCoreApplicationPrivate::lockThrea
details. Events with equal \a priority will be processed in the
order posted.
+ \note QObject::deleteLater() schedules the object for deferred
+ deletion, which is typically handled by the receiver's event
+ loop. If no event loop is running in the thread, the deletion
+ will be performed when the thread finishes. A common and safe
+ pattern is to connect the thread's finished() signal to the
+ object's deleteLater() slot:
+
+ \code
+ QObject::connect(thread, &QThread::finished, worker, &QObject::deleteLater);
+ \endcode
+
\threadsafe
\sa sendEvent(), notify(), sendPostedEvents(), Qt::EventPriority