An ALTERNATIVE's value can only be a type name.  Arrays are not
supported, yet.  The text gets it right: "The form STRING is shorthand
for { 'type': STRING }."  The grammar doesn't.  Fix it.

Fixes: b6c37ebaaf074cac8fe8a4781dc3e79db23e914e
Reported-by: John Snow <js...@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <arm...@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20200309142638.19988-1-arm...@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: John Snow <js...@redhat.com>
---
 docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.txt | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.txt b/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.txt
index 59d6973e1e..e73979e182 100644
--- a/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.txt
+++ b/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.txt
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ Syntax:
                   'data': ALTERNATIVES,
                   '*if': COND }
     ALTERNATIVES = { ALTERNATIVE, ... }
-    ALTERNATIVE = STRING : TYPE-REF
+    ALTERNATIVE = STRING : STRING
                 | STRING : { 'type': STRING, '*if': COND }
 
 Member 'alternate' names the alternate type.
-- 
2.21.1


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