diff -r 56cd8111b7f7 -r 41300fa6a67c src/gui/kernel/qaction.cpp
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qaction.cpp	Tue Jan 26 12:42:25 2010 +0200
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qaction.cpp	Tue Feb 02 00:43:10 2010 +0200
@@ -100,6 +100,21 @@
 {
 }
 
+bool QActionPrivate::showStatusText(QWidget *widget, const QString &str)
+{
+#ifdef QT_NO_STATUSTIP
+    Q_UNUSED(widget);
+    Q_UNUSED(str);
+#else
+    if(QObject *object = widget ? widget : parent) {
+        QStatusTipEvent tip(str);
+        QApplication::sendEvent(object, &tip);
+        return true;
+    }
+#endif
+    return false;
+}
+
 void QActionPrivate::sendDataChanged()
 {
     Q_Q(QAction);
@@ -286,7 +301,7 @@
 
     Actions with a softkey role defined are only visible in the softkey bar when the widget containing
     the action has focus. If no widget currently has focus, the softkey framework will traverse up the
-    widget parent heirarchy looking for a widget containing softkey actions.
+    widget parent hierarchy looking for a widget containing softkey actions.
  */
 
 /*!
@@ -1206,16 +1221,7 @@
 bool
 QAction::showStatusText(QWidget *widget)
 {
-#ifdef QT_NO_STATUSTIP
-    Q_UNUSED(widget);
-#else
-    if(QObject *object = widget ? widget : parent()) {
-        QStatusTipEvent tip(statusTip());
-        QApplication::sendEvent(object, &tip);
-        return true;
-    }
-#endif
-    return false;
+    return d_func()->showStatusText(widget, statusTip());
 }
 
 /*!