diff -r 5dc02b23752f -r 3e2da88830cd src/corelib/io/qsettings.cpp
--- a/src/corelib/io/qsettings.cpp	Tue Jul 06 15:10:48 2010 +0300
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qsettings.cpp	Wed Aug 18 10:37:55 2010 +0300
@@ -2274,9 +2274,9 @@
     be different instances of your application running at the same
     time or different applications altogether) to read and write to
     the same system locations. It uses advisory file locking and a
-    smart merging algorithm to ensure data integrity. Changes
-    performed by another process aren't visible in the current
-    process until sync() is called.
+    smart merging algorithm to ensure data integrity. Note that sync()
+    imports changes made by other processes (in addition to writing
+    the changes from this QSettings).
 
     \section1 Platform-Specific Notes