diff --git a/include/qredis/request.h b/include/qredis/request.h
index e2577ef..5af64e1 100644
--- a/include/qredis/request.h
+++ b/include/qredis/request.h
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QScopedPointer>
-#include <QVariantList>
 
 #include <qredis/reply.h>
 #include "qredis_export.h"
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ namespace QRedis
     class QREDIS_EXPORT RequestPrivate;
 
     /**
-     * @brief Represents a request and its reply
+     * @brief Represents a Redis command and its response
      */
     class QREDIS_EXPORT Request : public QObject
     {
@@ -22,8 +21,8 @@ namespace QRedis
         public:
 
             /**
-             * @brief Creates a request
-             * @param parent
+             * @brief Initializes the request
+             * @param parent the parent QObject
              */
             explicit Request(QObject * parent = 0);
 
diff --git a/src/request.cpp b/src/request.cpp
index f5aeff8..c89530b 100644
--- a/src/request.cpp
+++ b/src/request.cpp
@@ -33,5 +33,5 @@ bool Request::waitForReply(int msecs)
      * If the timer fires, the return value will be 0.
      * Otherwise, quitEventLoop() will terminate the loop with 1.
      */
-    return d->loop.exec();
+    return d->loop.exec(QEventLoop::ExcludeUserInputEvents);
 }