diff --git a/qapi/net.json b/qapi/net.json
index 8095b68fa8..68493d6ac9 100644
--- a/qapi/net.json
+++ b/qapi/net.json
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@
 #
 # @up: true to set the link status to be up
 #
-# Returns: Nothing on success If @name is not a valid network device,
-#     DeviceNotFound
+# Returns:
+#     - Nothing on success
+#     - If @name is not a valid network device, DeviceNotFound
 #
 # Since: 0.14
 #
@@ -44,8 +45,9 @@
 #
 # Since: 0.14
 #
-# Returns: Nothing on success If @type is not a valid network backend,
-#     DeviceNotFound
+# Returns:
+#     - Nothing on success
+#     - If @type is not a valid network backend, DeviceNotFound
 #
 # Example:
 #
@@ -64,8 +66,9 @@
 #
 # @id: the name of the network backend to remove
 #
-# Returns: Nothing on success If @id is not a valid network backend,
-#     DeviceNotFound
+# Returns:
+#     - Nothing on success
+#     - If @id is not a valid network backend, DeviceNotFound
 #
 # Since: 0.14
 #
diff --git a/qapi/qdev.json b/qapi/qdev.json
index 6bc5a733b8..25bac5e611 100644
--- a/qapi/qdev.json
+++ b/qapi/qdev.json
@@ -89,8 +89,9 @@
 #
 # @id: the device's ID or QOM path
 #
-# Returns: Nothing on success If @id is not a valid device,
-#     DeviceNotFound
+# Returns:
+#     - Nothing on success
+#     - If @id is not a valid device, DeviceNotFound
 #
 # Notes: When this command completes, the device may not be removed
 #     from the guest.  Hot removal is an operation that requires guest
diff --git a/qapi/qom.json b/qapi/qom.json
index 95516ba325..84af23fe24 100644
--- a/qapi/qom.json
+++ b/qapi/qom.json
@@ -1056,8 +1056,9 @@
 #
 # Create a QOM object.
 #
-# Returns: Nothing on success Error if @qom-type is not a valid class
-#     name
+# Returns:
+#     - Nothing on success
+#     - Error if @qom-type is not a valid class name
 #
 # Since: 2.0
 #
@@ -1078,8 +1079,9 @@
 #
 # @id: the name of the QOM object to remove
 #
-# Returns: Nothing on success Error if @id is not a valid id for a QOM
-#     object
+# Returns:
+#     - Nothing on success
+#     - Error if @id is not a valid id for a QOM object
 #
 # Since: 2.0
 #