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index cc50dc6bcb..e7c4c3e998 100644
--- a/qapi/introspect.json
+++ b/qapi/introspect.json
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
# Returns: array of @SchemaInfo, where each element describes an
# entity in the ABI: command, event, type, ...
#
+# The order of the various SchemaInfo is unspecified; however, all
+# names are guaranteed to be unique (no name will be duplicated with
+# different meta-types).
+#
# Note: the QAPI schema is also used to help define *internal*
# interfaces, by defining QAPI types. These are not part of the QMP
# wire ABI, and therefore not returned by this command.
@@ -78,7 +82,8 @@
# Commands and events have the name defined in the QAPI schema.
# Unlike command and event names, type names are not part of
# the wire ABI. Consequently, type names are meaningless
-# strings here.
+# strings here, although they are still guaranteed unique
+# regardless of @meta-type.
#
# All references to other SchemaInfo are by name.
#
@@ -130,7 +135,7 @@
#
# Additional SchemaInfo members for meta-type 'enum'.
#
-# @values: the enumeration type's values.
+# @values: the enumeration type's values, in no particular order.
#
# Values of this type are JSON string on the wire.
#
@@ -158,14 +163,16 @@
#
# Additional SchemaInfo members for meta-type 'object'.
#
-# @members: the object type's (non-variant) members.
+# @members: the object type's (non-variant) members, in no particular order.
#
# @tag: #optional the name of the member serving as type tag.
# An element of @members with this name must exist.
#
# @variants: #optional variant members, i.e. additional members that
# depend on the type tag's value. Present exactly when
-# @tag is present.
+# @tag is present. The variants are in no particular order,
+# and may even differ from the order of the values of the
+# enum type of the @tag.
#
# Values of this type are JSON object on the wire.
#
@@ -219,7 +226,7 @@
#
# Additional SchemaInfo members for meta-type 'alternate'.
#
-# @members: the alternate type's members.
+# @members: the alternate type's members, in no particular order.
# The members' wire encoding is distinct, see
# docs/qapi-code-gen.txt section Alternate types.
#