2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/qobject/json-lexer.c b/qobject/json-lexer.c
index 93fa2737e6..4c402f62d3 100644
--- a/qobject/json-lexer.c
+++ b/qobject/json-lexer.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
  *   interpolation = %((l|ll|I64)[du]|[ipsf])
  *
  * Note:
- * - Input must be encoded in UTF-8.
+ * - Input must be encoded in modified UTF-8.
  * - Decoding and validating is left to the parser.
  */
 
diff --git a/qobject/json-parser.c b/qobject/json-parser.c
index b77931614b..a9b227f56c 100644
--- a/qobject/json-parser.c
+++ b/qobject/json-parser.c
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ static QString *qstring_from_escaped_str(JSONParserContext *ctxt,
             }
         } else {
             cp = mod_utf8_codepoint(ptr, 6, &end);
-            if (cp <= 0) {
+            if (cp < 0) {
                 parse_error(ctxt, token, "invalid UTF-8 sequence in string");
                 goto out;
             }