diff -r ef0373b55136 -r 758a864f9613 src/corelib/kernel/qbasictimer.cpp
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qbasictimer.cpp	Fri Sep 17 08:34:18 2010 +0300
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qbasictimer.cpp	Mon Oct 04 01:19:32 2010 +0300
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@
     This is a fast, lightweight, and low-level class used by Qt
     internally. We recommend using the higher-level QTimer class
     rather than this class if you want to use timers in your
-    applications.
+    applications. Note that this timer is a repeating timer that
+    will send subsequent timer events unless the stop() function is called.
 
     To use this class, create a QBasicTimer, and call its start()
     function with a timeout interval and with a pointer to a QObject
@@ -88,8 +89,8 @@
 /*!
     \fn bool QBasicTimer::isActive() const
 
-    Returns true if the timer is running, has not yet timed
-    out, and has not been stopped; otherwise returns false.
+    Returns true if the timer is running and has not been stopped; otherwise
+    returns false.
 
     \sa start() stop()
 */