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diff --git a/qapi-schema.json b/qapi-schema.json
index b2f249d..15dd07b 100644
--- a/qapi-schema.json
+++ b/qapi-schema.json
@@ -5910,5 +5910,33 @@
 # Returns: a list of HotpluggableCPU objects.
 #
 # Since: 2.7
+#
+# Example:
+#
+# For pseries machine type started with -smp 2,cores=2,maxcpus=4 -cpu POWER8:
+#
+# -> { "execute": "query-hotpluggable-cpus" }
+# <- {"return": [
+#      { "props": { "core": 8 }, "type": "POWER8-spapr-cpu-core",
+#        "vcpus-count": 1 },
+#      { "props": { "core": 0 }, "type": "POWER8-spapr-cpu-core",
+#        "vcpus-count": 1, "qom-path": "/machine/unattached/device[0]"}
+#    ]}'
+#
+# For pc machine type started with -smp 1,maxcpus=2:
+#
+# -> { "execute": "query-hotpluggable-cpus" }
+# <- {"return": [
+#      {
+#         "type": "qemu64-x86_64-cpu", "vcpus-count": 1,
+#         "props": {"core-id": 0, "socket-id": 1, "thread-id": 0}
+#      },
+#      {
+#         "qom-path": "/machine/unattached/device[0]",
+#         "type": "qemu64-x86_64-cpu", "vcpus-count": 1,
+#         "props": {"core-id": 0, "socket-id": 0, "thread-id": 0}
+#      }
+#    ]}
+#
 ##
 { 'command': 'query-hotpluggable-cpus', 'returns': ['HotpluggableCPU'] }