diff --git a/docs/sphinx/qapidoc.py b/docs/sphinx/qapidoc.py
index 208d7ca144..47c2eeef87 100644
--- a/docs/sphinx/qapidoc.py
+++ b/docs/sphinx/qapidoc.py
@@ -78,9 +78,15 @@
 
 class Transmogrifier:
     def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self._curr_ent: Optional[QAPISchemaDefinition] = None
         self._result = StringList()
         self.indent = 0
 
+    @property
+    def entity(self) -> QAPISchemaDefinition:
+        assert self._curr_ent is not None
+        return self._curr_ent
+
     # General-purpose rST generation functions
 
     def get_indent(self) -> str: