1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qobject.cpp b/src/corelib/kernel/qobject.cpp
index d3566b1081e..707c12ae0fd 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qobject.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qobject.cpp
@@ -1821,6 +1821,8 @@ void QObjectPrivate::setThreadData_helper(QThreadData *currentData, QThreadData
     startTimer(std::chrono::milliseconds{interval}, timerType);
     \endcode
 
+    \include timers-common.qdocinc negative-intervals-not-allowed
+
     \sa timerEvent(), killTimer(), QChronoTimer, QBasicTimer
 */
 
@@ -1843,6 +1845,8 @@ int QObject::startTimer(int interval, Qt::TimerType timerType)
     then the timer event occurs once every time there are no more window
     system events to process.
 
+    \include timers-common.qdocinc negative-intervals-not-allowed
+
     The virtual timerEvent() function is called with the QTimerEvent
     event parameter class when a timer event occurs. Reimplement this
     function to get timer events.
@@ -1887,9 +1891,10 @@ int QObject::startTimer(std::chrono::nanoseconds interval, Qt::TimerType timerTy
 
     using namespace std::chrono_literals;
 
-    if (Q_UNLIKELY(interval < 0ns)) {
-        qWarning("QObject::startTimer: Timers cannot have negative intervals");
-        return 0;
+    if (interval < 0ns) {
+        qWarning("QObject::startTimer: negative intervals aren't allowed; the "
+                 "interval will be set to 1ms.");
+        interval = 1ms;
     }
 
     auto thisThreadData = d->threadData.loadRelaxed();