diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 9bde8328e0..79ffe883a1 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -1095,7 +1095,7 @@ S: Supported
 F: qmp.c
 F: monitor.c
 F: qmp-commands.hx
-F: docs/qmp/
+F: docs/*qmp-*
 F: scripts/qmp/
 T: git git://repo.or.cz/qemu/armbru.git qapi-next
 
diff --git a/docs/qmp/qmp-events.txt b/docs/qmp-events.txt
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rename from docs/qmp/qmp-events.txt
rename to docs/qmp-events.txt
diff --git a/docs/qmp/README b/docs/qmp-intro.txt
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rename from docs/qmp/README
rename to docs/qmp-intro.txt
diff --git a/docs/qmp/qmp-spec.txt b/docs/qmp-spec.txt
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rename from docs/qmp/qmp-spec.txt
rename to docs/qmp-spec.txt