diff --git a/scripts/qapi.py b/scripts/qapi.py
index 8b7377e51e..21a15918dc 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi.py
@@ -1105,6 +1105,11 @@ class QAPISchemaType(QAPISchemaEntity):
         }
         return json2qtype.get(self.json_type())
 
+    def doc_type(self):
+        if self.is_implicit():
+            return None
+        return self.name
+
 
 class QAPISchemaBuiltinType(QAPISchemaType):
     def __init__(self, name, json_type, c_type):
@@ -1129,6 +1134,9 @@ class QAPISchemaBuiltinType(QAPISchemaType):
     def json_type(self):
         return self._json_type_name
 
+    def doc_type(self):
+        return self.json_type()
+
     def visit(self, visitor):
         visitor.visit_builtin_type(self.name, self.info, self.json_type())
 
@@ -1188,6 +1196,12 @@ class QAPISchemaArrayType(QAPISchemaType):
     def json_type(self):
         return 'array'
 
+    def doc_type(self):
+        elt_doc_type = self.element_type.doc_type()
+        if not elt_doc_type:
+            return None
+        return 'array of ' + elt_doc_type
+
     def visit(self, visitor):
         visitor.visit_array_type(self.name, self.info, self.element_type)
 
diff --git a/scripts/qapi2texi.py b/scripts/qapi2texi.py
index 3dd0146ba0..993b65264f 100755
--- a/scripts/qapi2texi.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi2texi.py
@@ -135,8 +135,12 @@ def texi_enum_value(value):
 
 def texi_member(member):
     """Format a table of members item for an object type member"""
-    return '@item @code{%s}%s\n' % (
-        member.name, ' (optional)' if member.optional else '')
+    typ = member.type.doc_type()
+    return '@item @code{%s%s%s}%s\n' % (
+        member.name,
+        ': ' if typ else '',
+        typ if typ else '',
+        ' (optional)' if member.optional else '')
 
 
 def texi_members(doc, what, member_func):