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diff --git a/docs/qapi-code-gen.txt b/docs/qapi-code-gen.txt
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+++ b/docs/qapi-code-gen.txt
@@ -123,10 +123,7 @@ And it looks like this on the wire:
Flat union types avoid the nesting on the wire. They are used whenever a
specific field of the base type is declared as the discriminator ('type' is
-then no longer generated). The discriminator can be a string field or a
-predefined enum field. If it is a string field, a hidden enum type will be
-generated as "[UNION_NAME]Kind". If it is an enum field, a compile time check
-will be done to verify the correctness. It is recommended to use an enum field.
+then no longer generated). The discriminator must be of enumeration type.
The above example can then be modified as follows:
{ 'enum': 'BlockdevDriver', 'data': [ 'raw', 'qcow2' ] }