For rST, '*' is a kind of inline markup (for emphasis), so "*-softmmu" is a syntax error because of the missing closing '*'. Escape the '*' with a '\'.
The texinfo document generator will leave the '\' in the output, which is not ideal, but that generator is going to go away in a subsequent commit. Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.mayd...@linaro.org> --- qapi/machine.json | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/qapi/machine.json b/qapi/machine.json index 51ffa96be98..a83a7b56b14 100644 --- a/qapi/machine.json +++ b/qapi/machine.json @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ # # The comprehensive enumeration of QEMU system emulation ("softmmu") # targets. Run "./configure --help" in the project root directory, and -# look for the *-softmmu targets near the "--target-list" option. The +# look for the \*-softmmu targets near the "--target-list" option. The # individual target constants are not documented here, for the time # being. # -- 2.20.1