diff --git a/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.txt b/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.txt
index 43bd853e69..87183d3a09 100644
--- a/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.txt
+++ b/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.txt
@@ -1369,8 +1369,8 @@ Example:
     void qapi_event_send_my_event(void);
 
     typedef enum example_QAPIEvent {
-        EXAMPLE_QAPI_EVENT_MY_EVENT = 0,
-        EXAMPLE_QAPI_EVENT__MAX = 1,
+        EXAMPLE_QAPI_EVENT_MY_EVENT,
+        EXAMPLE_QAPI_EVENT__MAX,
     } example_QAPIEvent;
 
     #define example_QAPIEvent_str(val) \
@@ -1385,16 +1385,10 @@ Example:
     void qapi_event_send_my_event(void)
     {
         QDict *qmp;
-        QMPEventFuncEmit emit;
-
-        emit = qmp_event_get_func_emit();
-        if (!emit) {
-            return;
-        }
 
         qmp = qmp_event_build_dict("MY_EVENT");
 
-        emit(EXAMPLE_QAPI_EVENT_MY_EVENT, qmp);
+        example_qapi_event_emit(EXAMPLE_QAPI_EVENT_MY_EVENT, qmp);
 
         qobject_unref(qmp);
     }
diff --git a/include/qapi/qmp-event.h b/include/qapi/qmp-event.h
index 23e588ccf8..b60f1d3a89 100644
--- a/include/qapi/qmp-event.h
+++ b/include/qapi/qmp-event.h
@@ -14,11 +14,5 @@
 #ifndef QMP_EVENT_H
 #define QMP_EVENT_H
 
-typedef void (*QMPEventFuncEmit)(unsigned event, QDict *dict);
-
-void qmp_event_set_func_emit(QMPEventFuncEmit emit);
-
-QMPEventFuncEmit qmp_event_get_func_emit(void);
-
 QDict *qmp_event_build_dict(const char *event_name);
 #endif
diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index eb39fb015b..c09fa63940 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -590,8 +590,7 @@ monitor_qapi_event_queue_no_reenter(QAPIEvent event, QDict *qdict)
     qemu_mutex_unlock(&monitor_lock);
 }
 
-static void
-monitor_qapi_event_queue(QAPIEvent event, QDict *qdict)
+void qapi_event_emit(QAPIEvent event, QDict *qdict)
 {
     /*
      * monitor_qapi_event_queue_no_reenter() is not reentrant: it
@@ -704,7 +703,6 @@ static void monitor_qapi_event_init(void)
 {
     monitor_qapi_event_state = g_hash_table_new(qapi_event_throttle_hash,
                                                 qapi_event_throttle_equal);
-    qmp_event_set_func_emit(monitor_qapi_event_queue);
 }
 
 static void handle_hmp_command(Monitor *mon, const char *cmdline);
diff --git a/qapi/misc.json b/qapi/misc.json
index 24d20a880a..426274ecf8 100644
--- a/qapi/misc.json
+++ b/qapi/misc.json
@@ -1380,6 +1380,16 @@
 #          object.
 #
 # Since: 1.2
+#
+# Example:
+#
+# -> { "execute": "qom-list",
+#      "arguments": { "path": "/chardevs" } }
+# <- { "return": [ { "name": "type", "type": "string" },
+#                  { "name": "parallel0", "type": "child<chardev-vc>" },
+#                  { "name": "serial0", "type": "child<chardev-vc>" },
+#                  { "name": "mon0", "type": "child<chardev-stdio>" } ] }
+#
 ##
 { 'command': 'qom-list',
   'data': { 'path': 'str' },
@@ -1417,6 +1427,23 @@
 #          returned as #int.
 #
 # Since: 1.2
+#
+# Example:
+#
+# 1. Use absolute path
+#
+# -> { "execute": "qom-get",
+#      "arguments": { "path": "/machine/unattached/device[0]",
+#                     "property": "hotplugged" } }
+# <- { "return": false }
+#
+# 2. Use partial path
+#
+# -> { "execute": "qom-get",
+#      "arguments": { "path": "unattached/sysbus",
+#                     "property": "type" } }
+# <- { "return": "System" }
+#
 ##
 { 'command': 'qom-get',
   'data': { 'path': 'str', 'property': 'str' },
@@ -1436,6 +1463,15 @@
 #         for a description of type mapping.
 #
 # Since: 1.2
+#
+# Example:
+#
+# -> { "execute": "qom-set",
+#      "arguments": { "path": "/machine",
+#                     "property": "graphics",
+#                     "value": false } }
+# <- { "return": {} }
+#
 ##
 { 'command': 'qom-set',
   'data': { 'path': 'str', 'property': 'str', 'value': 'any' },
diff --git a/qapi/qmp-event.c b/qapi/qmp-event.c
index 5b8854043e..81ddd5331f 100644
--- a/qapi/qmp-event.c
+++ b/qapi/qmp-event.c
@@ -19,18 +19,6 @@
 #include "qapi/qmp/qdict.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qjson.h"
 
-static QMPEventFuncEmit qmp_emit;
-
-void qmp_event_set_func_emit(QMPEventFuncEmit emit)
-{
-    qmp_emit = emit;
-}
-
-QMPEventFuncEmit qmp_event_get_func_emit(void)
-{
-    return qmp_emit;
-}
-
 static void timestamp_put(QDict *qdict)
 {
     int err;
diff --git a/qobject/json-parser.c b/qobject/json-parser.c
index 7a7ae9e8d1..d8eb210c0c 100644
--- a/qobject/json-parser.c
+++ b/qobject/json-parser.c
@@ -208,11 +208,13 @@ static QString *parse_string(JSONParserContext *ctxt, JSONToken *token)
             }
             break;
         case '%':
-            if (ctxt->ap && ptr[1] != '%') {
-                parse_error(ctxt, token, "can't interpolate into string");
-                goto out;
+            if (ctxt->ap) {
+                if (ptr[1] != '%') {
+                    parse_error(ctxt, token, "can't interpolate into string");
+                    goto out;
+                }
+                ptr++;
             }
-            ptr++;
             /* fall through */
         default:
             cp = mod_utf8_codepoint(ptr, 6, &end);
diff --git a/scripts/qapi/events.py b/scripts/qapi/events.py
index 37ee5de682..d86a2d2b3e 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi/events.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi/events.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def gen_param_var(typ):
     return ret
 
 
-def gen_event_send(name, arg_type, boxed, event_enum_name):
+def gen_event_send(name, arg_type, boxed, event_enum_name, event_emit):
     # FIXME: Our declaration of local variables (and of 'errp' in the
     # parameter list) can collide with exploded members of the event's
     # data type passed in as parameters.  If this collision ever hits in
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ def gen_event_send(name, arg_type, boxed, event_enum_name):
 %(proto)s
 {
     QDict *qmp;
-    QMPEventFuncEmit emit;
 ''',
                 proto=build_event_send_proto(name, arg_type, boxed))
 
@@ -86,11 +85,6 @@ def gen_event_send(name, arg_type, boxed, event_enum_name):
 
     ret += mcgen('''
 
-    emit = qmp_event_get_func_emit();
-    if (!emit) {
-        return;
-    }
-
     qmp = qmp_event_build_dict("%(name)s");
 
 ''',
@@ -121,9 +115,10 @@ def gen_event_send(name, arg_type, boxed, event_enum_name):
 ''')
 
     ret += mcgen('''
-    emit(%(c_enum)s, qmp);
+    %(event_emit)s(%(c_enum)s, qmp);
 
 ''',
+                 event_emit=event_emit,
                  c_enum=c_enum_const(event_enum_name, name))
 
     if arg_type and not arg_type.is_empty():
@@ -145,6 +140,7 @@ class QAPISchemaGenEventVisitor(QAPISchemaModularCVisitor):
             ' * Schema-defined QAPI/QMP events', __doc__)
         self._event_enum_name = c_name(prefix + 'QAPIEvent', protect=False)
         self._event_enum_members = []
+        self._event_emit_name = c_name(prefix + 'qapi_event_emit')
 
     def _begin_module(self, name):
         types = self._module_basename('qapi-types', name)
@@ -170,15 +166,23 @@ class QAPISchemaGenEventVisitor(QAPISchemaModularCVisitor):
 
     def visit_end(self):
         (genc, genh) = self._module[self._main_module]
-        genh.add(gen_enum(self._event_enum_name, self._event_enum_members))
+        genh.add(gen_enum(self._event_enum_name,
+                          self._event_enum_members))
         genc.add(gen_enum_lookup(self._event_enum_name,
                                  self._event_enum_members))
+        genh.add(mcgen('''
+
+void %(event_emit)s(%(event_enum)s event, QDict *qdict);
+''',
+                       event_emit=self._event_emit_name,
+                       event_enum=self._event_enum_name))
 
     def visit_event(self, name, info, ifcond, arg_type, boxed):
         with ifcontext(ifcond, self._genh, self._genc):
             self._genh.add(gen_event_send_decl(name, arg_type, boxed))
             self._genc.add(gen_event_send(name, arg_type, boxed,
-                                          self._event_enum_name))
+                                          self._event_enum_name,
+                                          self._event_emit_name))
         self._event_enum_members.append(QAPISchemaMember(name, ifcond))
 
 
diff --git a/stubs/monitor.c b/stubs/monitor.c
index 3890771bb5..32bd7012c3 100644
--- a/stubs/monitor.c
+++ b/stubs/monitor.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "qapi/qapi-events.h"
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "monitor/monitor.h"
 
@@ -14,3 +15,7 @@ int monitor_get_fd(Monitor *mon, const char *name, Error **errp)
 void monitor_init(Chardev *chr, int flags)
 {
 }
+
+void qapi_event_emit(QAPIEvent event, QDict *qdict)
+{
+}
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.include b/tests/Makefile.include
index f5e6eb5152..19b4c0a696 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.include
+++ b/tests/Makefile.include
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ QEMU_CFLAGS += -I$(SRC_PATH)/tests
 test-util-obj-y = libqemuutil.a
 test-qom-obj-y = $(qom-obj-y) $(test-util-obj-y)
 test-qapi-obj-y = tests/test-qapi-visit.o tests/test-qapi-types.o \
-	tests/test-qapi-events.o tests/test-qapi-introspect.o \
+	tests/test-qapi-introspect.o \
 	$(test-qom-obj-y)
 benchmark-crypto-obj-y = $(crypto-obj-y) $(test-qom-obj-y)
 test-crypto-obj-y = $(crypto-obj-y) $(test-qom-obj-y)
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ tests/qapi-schema/doc-good.test.texi: $(SRC_PATH)/tests/qapi-schema/doc-good.jso
 
 tests/test-string-output-visitor$(EXESUF): tests/test-string-output-visitor.o $(test-qapi-obj-y)
 tests/test-string-input-visitor$(EXESUF): tests/test-string-input-visitor.o $(test-qapi-obj-y)
-tests/test-qmp-event$(EXESUF): tests/test-qmp-event.o $(test-qapi-obj-y)
+tests/test-qmp-event$(EXESUF): tests/test-qmp-event.o $(test-qapi-obj-y) tests/test-qapi-events.o
 tests/test-qobject-output-visitor$(EXESUF): tests/test-qobject-output-visitor.o $(test-qapi-obj-y)
 tests/test-clone-visitor$(EXESUF): tests/test-clone-visitor.o $(test-qapi-obj-y)
 tests/test-qobject-input-visitor$(EXESUF): tests/test-qobject-input-visitor.o $(test-qapi-obj-y)
diff --git a/tests/check-qjson.c b/tests/check-qjson.c
index d876a7a96e..fa2afccb0a 100644
--- a/tests/check-qjson.c
+++ b/tests/check-qjson.c
@@ -175,6 +175,11 @@ static void utf8_string(void)
             "\xCE\xBA\xE1\xBD\xB9\xCF\x83\xCE\xBC\xCE\xB5",
             "\xCE\xBA\xE1\xBD\xB9\xCF\x83\xCE\xBC\xCE\xB5",
             "\\u03BA\\u1F79\\u03C3\\u03BC\\u03B5",
+        },
+            /* '%' character when not interpolating */
+        {
+            "100%",
+            "100%",
         },
         /* 2  Boundary condition test cases */
         /* 2.1  First possible sequence of a certain length */
diff --git a/tests/test-qmp-event.c b/tests/test-qmp-event.c
index 9cddd72adb..bf900f14f4 100644
--- a/tests/test-qmp-event.c
+++ b/tests/test-qmp-event.c
@@ -93,9 +93,7 @@ static bool qdict_cmp_simple(QDict *a, QDict *b)
     return d.result;
 }
 
-/* This function is hooked as final emit function, which can verify the
-   correctness. */
-static void event_test_emit(test_QAPIEvent event, QDict *d)
+void test_qapi_event_emit(test_QAPIEvent event, QDict *d)
 {
     QDict *t;
     int64_t s, ms;
@@ -241,8 +239,6 @@ static void test_event_d(TestEventData *data,
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-    qmp_event_set_func_emit(event_test_emit);
-
     g_test_init(&argc, &argv, NULL);
 
     event_test_add("/event/event_a", test_event_a);