diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cpphoverhandler.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cpphoverhandler.cpp
index 013ffb723b5fe3d1c6f35dd347f88a86825bed94..d47cde0c7b924901182c7b29d69f7822efbe22c9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cpphoverhandler.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cpphoverhandler.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <extensionsystem/pluginmanager.h>
 #include <texteditor/itexteditor.h>
 #include <texteditor/basetexteditor.h>
+#include <texteditor/displaysettings.h>
 #include <debugger/debuggerconstants.h>
 #include <utils/htmldocextractor.h>
 
@@ -148,7 +149,10 @@ void CppHoverHandler::showToolTip(TextEditor::ITextEditor *editor, const QPoint
         QToolTip::hideText();
     } else {
         if (m_matchingHelpCandidate != -1) {
-            const QString &contents = getDocContents();
+            QString contents;
+            TextEditor::BaseTextEditor *baseEditor = baseTextEditor(editor);
+            if (baseEditor && baseEditor->displaySettings().m_integrateDocsIntoTooltips)
+                contents = getDocContents();
             if (!contents.isEmpty()) {
                 m_toolTip = contents;
             } else {
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettings.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettings.cpp
index 5c51b7cb0915c7bda798466799c116269d04836b..575d2fd22897973a44ac10c0043f3e26fb559bb8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettings.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettings.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ static const char * const animateMatchingParenthesesKey= "AnimateMatchingParenth
 static const char * const markTextChangesKey = "MarkTextChanges";
 static const char * const autoFoldFirstCommentKey = "AutoFoldFirstComment";
 static const char * const centerCursorOnScrollKey = "CenterCursorOnScroll";
+static const char * const integrateDocsIntoTooltips = "IntegrateDocsIntoTooltips";
 static const char * const groupPostfix = "DisplaySettings";
 
 namespace TextEditor {
@@ -60,7 +61,8 @@ DisplaySettings::DisplaySettings() :
     m_animateMatchingParentheses(true),
     m_markTextChanges(true),
     m_autoFoldFirstComment(true),
-    m_centerCursorOnScroll(false)
+    m_centerCursorOnScroll(false),
+    m_integrateDocsIntoTooltips(true)
 {
 }
 
@@ -82,6 +84,7 @@ void DisplaySettings::toSettings(const QString &category, QSettings *s) const
     s->setValue(QLatin1String(markTextChangesKey), m_markTextChanges);
     s->setValue(QLatin1String(autoFoldFirstCommentKey), m_autoFoldFirstComment);
     s->setValue(QLatin1String(centerCursorOnScrollKey), m_centerCursorOnScroll);
+    s->setValue(QLatin1String(integrateDocsIntoTooltips), m_integrateDocsIntoTooltips);
     s->endGroup();
 }
 
@@ -106,6 +109,7 @@ void DisplaySettings::fromSettings(const QString &category, const QSettings *s)
     m_markTextChanges = s->value(group + QLatin1String(markTextChangesKey), m_markTextChanges).toBool();
     m_autoFoldFirstComment = s->value(group + QLatin1String(autoFoldFirstCommentKey), m_autoFoldFirstComment).toBool();
     m_centerCursorOnScroll = s->value(group + QLatin1String(centerCursorOnScrollKey), m_centerCursorOnScroll).toBool();
+    m_integrateDocsIntoTooltips = s->value(group + QLatin1String(integrateDocsIntoTooltips), m_integrateDocsIntoTooltips).toBool();
 }
 
 bool DisplaySettings::equals(const DisplaySettings &ds) const
@@ -122,6 +126,7 @@ bool DisplaySettings::equals(const DisplaySettings &ds) const
         && m_markTextChanges == ds.m_markTextChanges
         && m_autoFoldFirstComment== ds.m_autoFoldFirstComment
         && m_centerCursorOnScroll == ds.m_centerCursorOnScroll
+        && m_integrateDocsIntoTooltips == ds.m_integrateDocsIntoTooltips
         ;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettings.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettings.h
index 374be1696976faf2cec160b0116b44e6c2d702db..a421ea7ee3a7b8855abf0e350e3eeb34bf681d68 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettings.h
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettings.h
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ struct TEXTEDITOR_EXPORT DisplaySettings
     bool m_markTextChanges;
     bool m_autoFoldFirstComment;
     bool m_centerCursorOnScroll;
+    bool m_integrateDocsIntoTooltips;
 
     bool equals(const DisplaySettings &ds) const;
 };
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettingspage.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettingspage.cpp
index 6a30c609c5dade107a1676f8e0dd226b00f7d639..27d00766c574372facfc8ac8cbd985b0b83fbad4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettingspage.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettingspage.cpp
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ QWidget *DisplaySettingsPage::createPage(QWidget *parent)
           << ' ' << m_d->m_page.animateMatchingParentheses->text()
           << ' ' << m_d->m_page.enableTextWrapping->text()
           << ' ' << m_d->m_page.autoFoldFirstComment->text()
-          << ' ' << m_d->m_page.centerOnScroll->text();
+          << ' ' << m_d->m_page.centerOnScroll->text()
+          << ' ' << m_d->m_page.integrateDocsIntoTooltips->text();
         m_d->m_searchKeywords.remove(QLatin1Char('&'));
     }
     return w;
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ void DisplaySettingsPage::settingsFromUI(DisplaySettings &displaySettings) const
     displaySettings.m_markTextChanges = m_d->m_page.markTextChanges->isChecked();
     displaySettings.m_autoFoldFirstComment = m_d->m_page.autoFoldFirstComment->isChecked();
     displaySettings.m_centerCursorOnScroll = m_d->m_page.centerOnScroll->isChecked();
+    displaySettings.m_integrateDocsIntoTooltips = m_d->m_page.integrateDocsIntoTooltips->isChecked();
 }
 
 void DisplaySettingsPage::settingsToUI()
@@ -138,6 +140,7 @@ void DisplaySettingsPage::settingsToUI()
     m_d->m_page.markTextChanges->setChecked(displaySettings.m_markTextChanges);
     m_d->m_page.autoFoldFirstComment->setChecked(displaySettings.m_autoFoldFirstComment);
     m_d->m_page.centerOnScroll->setChecked(displaySettings.m_centerCursorOnScroll);
+    m_d->m_page.integrateDocsIntoTooltips->setChecked(displaySettings.m_integrateDocsIntoTooltips);
 }
 
 const DisplaySettings &DisplaySettingsPage::displaySettings() const
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettingspage.ui b/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettingspage.ui
index c402d98a64a804bd959a2875291a39316576c2df..28e6b71397a14d7a04541b77411159301a92f55b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettingspage.ui
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettingspage.ui
@@ -96,6 +96,13 @@
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
+      <item row="5" column="1">
+       <widget class="QCheckBox" name="integrateDocsIntoTooltips">
+        <property name="text">
+         <string>Integrate Qt docs into tooltips</string>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
      </layout>
     </widget>
    </item>