diff --git a/doc/src/projects/creator-projects-creating.qdoc b/doc/src/projects/creator-projects-creating.qdoc
index addeadfc1cb..7ba898fafc8 100644
--- a/doc/src/projects/creator-projects-creating.qdoc
+++ b/doc/src/projects/creator-projects-creating.qdoc
@@ -178,8 +178,11 @@
             \li Qt Quick UI
 
                 Use a single QML file that contains the main view. You can
-                review Qt Quick UI projects in a \l{Previewing QML Files}
-                {preview tool} and you need not build them.
+                review \l{Creating Qt Quick UI Projects}{Qt Quick UI projects}
+                in a \l{Previewing QML Files}{preview tool} and you need not
+                build them. Qt Quick UI projects cannot be deployed to embedded
+                or mobile target platforms. For those platforms, create a
+                Qt Quick application instead.
 
             \li Qt Quick Controls UI
 
diff --git a/doc/src/qtquick/qtquick-creating.qdoc b/doc/src/qtquick/qtquick-creating.qdoc
index 0cd1984f271..33551569c92 100644
--- a/doc/src/qtquick/qtquick-creating.qdoc
+++ b/doc/src/qtquick/qtquick-creating.qdoc
@@ -63,10 +63,13 @@
             \l{http://threejs.org}{three.js}.
 
         \li \uicontrol {Qt Quick UI} (in the \uicontrol {Other Project}
-            category) creates a Qt Quick UI project with a single QML file that
+            category) creates a \l{Creating Qt Quick UI Projects}
+            {Qt Quick UI project} with a single QML file that
             contains the main view. You can review Qt Quick UI projects in a
             \l{Previewing QML Files}{preview tool} and you need not build them.
-            They do not contain any C++ code.
+            Qt Quick UI projects cannot be deployed to embedded or mobile
+            target platforms. For those platforms, create a Qt Quick application
+            instead.
 
         \li \uicontrol {Qt Quick Controls UI} is like \uicontrol {Qt Quick UI},
             but using Qt Quick Controls.
@@ -124,6 +127,18 @@
 
     \section1 Creating Qt Quick UI Projects
 
+    Qt Quick UI projects are useful for testing or prototyping user interfaces,
+    or for setting up a separate project just for QML editing, for example. You
+    cannot use them for application development, because they do not contain:
+
+    \list
+        \li C++ code
+        \li Resource files (.qrc)
+        \li Code needed for deploying applications to mobile or embedded devices
+    \endlist
+
+    To create a Qt Quick UI project:
+
     \list 1
 
         \li Select \uicontrol File > \uicontrol {New File or Project} >