QtCreator generates "DISTFILES" defines

When creating Android templates ("Create Templates" button) QtCreator adds to .pro file following stuff:

DISTFILES += \ android/AndroidManifest.xml \ android/build.gradle \ android/res/values/libs.xml

It seems that DISTFILES has no effect to Android build process and used only for purpose of making files visible in QtCreator project tree.

The Qt documentation says:

DISTFILES

Specifies a list of files to be included in the dist target. This feature is supported by UnixMake specs only.

So should documentation be fixed or other variable (OTHER_FILES) should be used instead of DISTFILES for purpose of adding files to project tree?