diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b250c630338..f708eb8dc44 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ GENERATED_QAPI_FILES += qapi/qapi-events.h qapi/qapi-events.c
 GENERATED_QAPI_FILES += $(QAPI_MODULES:%=qapi/qapi-events-%.h)
 GENERATED_QAPI_FILES += $(QAPI_MODULES:%=qapi/qapi-events-%.c)
 GENERATED_QAPI_FILES += qapi/qapi-introspect.c qapi/qapi-introspect.h
-GENERATED_QAPI_FILES += qapi/qapi-doc.texi
 
 generated-files-y += $(GENERATED_QAPI_FILES)
 
@@ -352,8 +351,8 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_LINUX)$(CONFIG_SECCOMP)$(CONFIG_LIBCAP_NG),yyy)
 DOCS+=$(MANUAL_BUILDDIR)/interop/virtiofsd.1
 endif
 DOCS+=$(MANUAL_BUILDDIR)/system/qemu-block-drivers.7
-DOCS+=docs/interop/qemu-qmp-ref.html docs/interop/qemu-qmp-ref.txt docs/interop/qemu-qmp-ref.7
 DOCS+=$(MANUAL_BUILDDIR)/interop/qemu-ga-ref.7
+DOCS+=$(MANUAL_BUILDDIR)/interop/qemu-qmp-ref.7
 DOCS+=docs/qemu-cpu-models.7
 DOCS+=$(MANUAL_BUILDDIR)/index.html
 ifdef CONFIG_VIRTFS
@@ -615,8 +614,7 @@ $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-gen.py
 qga/qapi-generated/qga-qapi-types.c qga/qapi-generated/qga-qapi-types.h \
 qga/qapi-generated/qga-qapi-visit.c qga/qapi-generated/qga-qapi-visit.h \
 qga/qapi-generated/qga-qapi-commands.h qga/qapi-generated/qga-qapi-commands.c \
-qga/qapi-generated/qga-qapi-init-commands.h qga/qapi-generated/qga-qapi-init-commands.c \
-qga/qapi-generated/qga-qapi-doc.texi: \
+qga/qapi-generated/qga-qapi-init-commands.h qga/qapi-generated/qga-qapi-init-commands.c: \
 qga/qapi-generated/qapi-gen-timestamp ;
 qga/qapi-generated/qapi-gen-timestamp: $(SRC_PATH)/qga/qapi-schema.json $(qapi-py)
 	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-gen.py \
@@ -762,11 +760,6 @@ distclean: clean
 	rm -f config.log
 	rm -f linux-headers/asm
 	rm -f docs/version.texi
-	rm -f docs/interop/qemu-qmp-qapi.texi
-	rm -f docs/interop/qemu-qmp-ref.7
-	rm -f docs/interop/qemu-qmp-ref.txt
-	rm -f docs/interop/qemu-qmp-ref.pdf
-	rm -f docs/interop/qemu-qmp-ref.html
 	rm -f docs/qemu-cpu-models.7
 	rm -rf .doctrees
 	$(call clean-manual,devel)
@@ -820,7 +813,7 @@ endif
 # and also any sphinx-built manpages.
 define install-manual =
 for d in $$(cd $(MANUAL_BUILDDIR) && find $1 -type d); do $(INSTALL_DIR) "$(DESTDIR)$(qemu_docdir)/$$d"; done
-for f in $$(cd $(MANUAL_BUILDDIR) && find $1 -type f -a '!' '(' -name '*.[0-9]' -o -name 'qemu-*-qapi.*' -o -name 'qemu-qmp-ref.*' ')' ); do $(INSTALL_DATA) "$(MANUAL_BUILDDIR)/$$f" "$(DESTDIR)$(qemu_docdir)/$$f"; done
+for f in $$(cd $(MANUAL_BUILDDIR) && find $1 -type f -a '!' -name '*.[0-9]'); do $(INSTALL_DATA) "$(MANUAL_BUILDDIR)/$$f" "$(DESTDIR)$(qemu_docdir)/$$f"; done
 endef
 
 # Note that we deliberately do not install the "devel" manual: it is
@@ -836,13 +829,11 @@ install-doc: $(DOCS) install-sphinxdocs
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(MANUAL_BUILDDIR)/index.html "$(DESTDIR)$(qemu_docdir)"
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) qemu-doc.html "$(DESTDIR)$(qemu_docdir)"
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) qemu-doc.txt "$(DESTDIR)$(qemu_docdir)"
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) docs/interop/qemu-qmp-ref.html "$(DESTDIR)$(qemu_docdir)"
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) docs/interop/qemu-qmp-ref.txt "$(DESTDIR)$(qemu_docdir)"
 ifdef CONFIG_POSIX
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) "$(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man1"
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) qemu.1 "$(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man1"
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) "$(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man7"
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) docs/interop/qemu-qmp-ref.7 "$(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man7"
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(MANUAL_BUILDDIR)/interop/qemu-qmp-ref.7 "$(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man7"
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(MANUAL_BUILDDIR)/system/qemu-block-drivers.7 "$(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man7"
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) docs/qemu-cpu-models.7 "$(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man7"
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_TOOLS),y)
@@ -1045,7 +1036,7 @@ endef
 $(MANUAL_BUILDDIR)/devel/index.html: $(call manual-deps,devel)
 	$(call build-manual,devel,html)
 
-$(MANUAL_BUILDDIR)/interop/index.html: $(call manual-deps,interop) $(SRC_PATH)/qemu-img-cmds.hx $(SRC_PATH)/qga/qapi-schema.json $(qapi-py)
+$(MANUAL_BUILDDIR)/interop/index.html: $(call manual-deps,interop) $(SRC_PATH)/qemu-img-cmds.hx $(SRC_PATH)/qga/qapi-schema.json $(qapi-modules) $(qapi-py)
 	$(call build-manual,interop,html)
 
 $(MANUAL_BUILDDIR)/specs/index.html: $(call manual-deps,specs)
@@ -1059,7 +1050,7 @@ $(call define-manpage-rule,interop,\
        qemu-img.1 qemu-nbd.8 qemu-trace-stap.1\
        virtiofsd.1 virtfs-proxy-helper.1,\
        $(SRC_PATH)/qemu-img-cmds.hx $(SRC_PATH)/qga/qapi-schema.json \
-       $(qapi-py))
+       $(qapi-modules) $(qapi-py))
 
 $(call define-manpage-rule,system,qemu-block-drivers.7)
 
@@ -1077,17 +1068,14 @@ qemu-monitor.texi: $(SRC_PATH)/hmp-commands.hx $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool
 qemu-monitor-info.texi: $(SRC_PATH)/hmp-commands-info.hx $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool
 	$(call quiet-command,sh $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool -t < $< > $@,"GEN","$@")
 
-docs/interop/qemu-qmp-qapi.texi: qapi/qapi-doc.texi
-	@cp -p $< $@
-
 qemu.1: qemu-doc.texi qemu-options.texi qemu-monitor.texi qemu-monitor-info.texi
 qemu.1: qemu-option-trace.texi
 docs/qemu-cpu-models.7: docs/qemu-cpu-models.texi
 
-html: qemu-doc.html docs/interop/qemu-qmp-ref.html sphinxdocs
-info: qemu-doc.info docs/interop/qemu-qmp-ref.info
-pdf: qemu-doc.pdf docs/interop/qemu-qmp-ref.pdf
-txt: qemu-doc.txt docs/interop/qemu-qmp-ref.txt
+html: qemu-doc.html sphinxdocs
+info: qemu-doc.info
+pdf: qemu-doc.pdf
+txt: qemu-doc.txt
 
 qemu-doc.html qemu-doc.info qemu-doc.pdf qemu-doc.txt: \
 	qemu-options.texi \
@@ -1096,11 +1084,6 @@ qemu-doc.html qemu-doc.info qemu-doc.pdf qemu-doc.txt: \
 	qemu-monitor-info.texi \
 	docs/qemu-cpu-models.texi docs/security.texi
 
-docs/interop/qemu-qmp-ref.dvi docs/interop/qemu-qmp-ref.html \
-    docs/interop/qemu-qmp-ref.info docs/interop/qemu-qmp-ref.pdf \
-    docs/interop/qemu-qmp-ref.txt docs/interop/qemu-qmp-ref.7: \
-	docs/interop/qemu-qmp-ref.texi docs/interop/qemu-qmp-qapi.texi
-
 $(filter %.1 %.7 %.8,$(DOCS)): scripts/texi2pod.pl
 
 # Reports/Analysis
diff --git a/docs/index.html.in b/docs/index.html.in
index 92a057101e6..ba7cd611d26 100644
--- a/docs/index.html.in
+++ b/docs/index.html.in
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
         <h1>QEMU @@VERSION@@ Documentation</h1>
         <ul>
             <li><a href="qemu-doc.html">User Documentation</a></li>
-            <li><a href="qemu-qmp-ref.html">QMP Reference Manual</a></li>
             <li><a href="interop/index.html">System Emulation Management and Interoperability Guide</a></li>
             <li><a href="specs/index.html">System Emulation Guest Hardware Specifications</a></li>
             <li><a href="system/index.html">System Emulation User's Guide</a></li>
diff --git a/docs/interop/conf.py b/docs/interop/conf.py
index 8c8fce6a4f0..d208a8d2862 100644
--- a/docs/interop/conf.py
+++ b/docs/interop/conf.py
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ man_pages = [
      ['Fabrice Bellard'], 1),
     ('qemu-nbd', 'qemu-nbd', u'QEMU Disk Network Block Device Server',
      ['Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>'], 8),
+    ('qemu-qmp-ref', 'qemu-qmp-ref', u'QEMU QMP Reference Manual',
+     [], 7),
     ('qemu-trace-stap', 'qemu-trace-stap', u'QEMU SystemTap trace tool',
      [], 1),
     ('virtfs-proxy-helper', 'virtfs-proxy-helper',
diff --git a/docs/interop/index.rst b/docs/interop/index.rst
index 0f33e7d1f76..cac8988865c 100644
--- a/docs/interop/index.rst
+++ b/docs/interop/index.rst
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Contents:
    qemu-ga-ref
    qemu-img
    qemu-nbd
+   qemu-qmp-ref
    qemu-trace-stap
    vhost-user
    vhost-user-gpu
diff --git a/docs/interop/qemu-qmp-ref.rst b/docs/interop/qemu-qmp-ref.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e640903abaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/interop/qemu-qmp-ref.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+QEMU QMP Reference Manual
+=========================
+
+.. qapi-doc:: qapi/qapi-schema.json
diff --git a/docs/interop/qemu-qmp-ref.texi b/docs/interop/qemu-qmp-ref.texi
deleted file mode 100644
index bb25758bd02..00000000000
--- a/docs/interop/qemu-qmp-ref.texi
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-\input texinfo
-@setfilename qemu-qmp-ref.info
-
-@include version.texi
-
-@exampleindent 0
-@paragraphindent 0
-
-@settitle QEMU QMP Reference Manual
-
-@iftex
-@center @image{docs/qemu_logo}
-@end iftex
-
-@copying
-This is the QEMU QMP reference manual.
-
-Copyright @copyright{} 2016 The QEMU Project developers
-
-@quotation
-This manual is free documentation: you can redistribute it and/or
-modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
-published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the
-License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-This manual is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
-WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-General Public License for more details.
-
-You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-along with this manual.  If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
-@end quotation
-@end copying
-
-@dircategory QEMU
-@direntry
-* QEMU-QMP-Ref: (qemu-qmp-ref). QEMU QMP Reference Manual
-@end direntry
-
-@titlepage
-@title QMP Reference Manual
-@subtitle QEMU version @value{VERSION}
-@page
-@vskip 0pt plus 1filll
-@insertcopying
-@end titlepage
-
-@contents
-
-@ifnottex
-@node Top
-@top QEMU QMP reference
-@end ifnottex
-
-@menu
-* API Reference::
-* Commands and Events Index::
-* Data Types Index::
-@end menu
-
-@node API Reference
-@chapter API Reference
-
-@c for texi2pod:
-@c man begin DESCRIPTION
-
-@include qemu-qmp-qapi.texi
-
-@c man end
-
-@node Commands and Events Index
-@unnumbered Commands and Events Index
-@printindex fn
-
-@node Data Types Index
-@unnumbered Data Types Index
-@printindex tp
-
-@bye
