diff --git a/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.txt b/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.txt
index b91bde647c..c9ba8ddb2e 100644
--- a/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.txt
+++ b/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.txt
@@ -1410,6 +1410,8 @@ Example:
 
     extern const QEnumLookup example_QAPIEvent_lookup;
 
+    void example_qapi_event_emit(example_QAPIEvent event, QDict *qdict);
+
     #endif /* EXAMPLE_QAPI_EVENTS_H */
     $ cat qapi-generated/example-qapi-events.c
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