diff --git a/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.rst b/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.rst
index 997313fce7..b56ea4546d 100644
--- a/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.rst
+++ b/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.rst
@@ -1664,7 +1664,6 @@ Example::
     $ cat qapi-generated/example-qapi-commands.c
     [Uninteresting stuff omitted...]
 
-
     static void qmp_marshal_output_UserDefOne(UserDefOne *ret_in,
                                     QObject **ret_out, Error **errp)
     {
diff --git a/scripts/qapi/commands.py b/scripts/qapi/commands.py
index 38ca38a7b9..cf68aaf0bf 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi/commands.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi/commands.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def gen_call(name: str,
 
         trace_qmp_enter_%(name)s(req_json->str);
     }
-    ''',
+''',
                      upper=upper, name=name)
 
     ret += mcgen('''
@@ -124,13 +124,13 @@ def gen_call(name: str,
 
         trace_qmp_exit_%(name)s(ret_json->str, true);
     }
-    ''',
+''',
                          upper=upper, name=name)
         else:
             ret += mcgen('''
 
     trace_qmp_exit_%(name)s("{}", true);
-    ''',
+''',
                          name=name)
 
     return ret
@@ -316,7 +316,6 @@ def _begin_user_module(self, name: str) -> None:
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "%(visit)s.h"
 #include "%(commands)s.h"
-
 ''',
                              commands=commands, visit=visit))
 
diff --git a/scripts/qapi/events.py b/scripts/qapi/events.py
index 27b44c49f5..e762d53d19 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi/events.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi/events.py
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@ def _begin_user_module(self, name: str) -> None:
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qdict.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp-event.h"
-
 ''',
                              events=events, visit=visit,
                              prefix=self._prefix))