1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/qapi2texi.py b/scripts/qapi2texi.py
index 69f5edce4d..06d6abfa5a 100755
--- a/scripts/qapi2texi.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi2texi.py
@@ -254,6 +254,9 @@ def main(argv):
         sys.exit(1)
 
     schema = qapi.QAPISchema(argv[1])
+    if not qapi.doc_required:
+        print >>sys.stderr, ("%s: need pragma 'doc-required' "
+                             "to generate documentation" % argv[0])
     print texi(schema.docs)