diff --git a/include/qemu/error-report.h b/include/qemu/error-report.h
index 3001865896..e1c8ae1a52 100644
--- a/include/qemu/error-report.h
+++ b/include/qemu/error-report.h
@@ -35,8 +35,15 @@ void error_printf(const char *fmt, ...) GCC_FMT_ATTR(1, 2);
 void error_vprintf_unless_qmp(const char *fmt, va_list ap) GCC_FMT_ATTR(1, 0);
 void error_printf_unless_qmp(const char *fmt, ...) GCC_FMT_ATTR(1, 2);
 void error_set_progname(const char *argv0);
+
 void error_vreport(const char *fmt, va_list ap) GCC_FMT_ATTR(1, 0);
+void warn_vreport(const char *fmt, va_list ap) GCC_FMT_ATTR(1, 0);
+void info_vreport(const char *fmt, va_list ap) GCC_FMT_ATTR(1, 0);
+
 void error_report(const char *fmt, ...) GCC_FMT_ATTR(1, 2);
+void warn_report(const char *fmt, ...) GCC_FMT_ATTR(1, 2);
+void info_report(const char *fmt, ...) GCC_FMT_ATTR(1, 2);
+
 const char *error_get_progname(void);
 extern bool enable_timestamp_msg;
 
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 73efc927a9..1fdd7f624a 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2534,8 +2534,13 @@ sub process {
 				error_set|
 				error_prepend|
 				error_reportf_err|
+				vreport|
 				error_vreport|
-				error_report}x;
+				warn_vreport|
+				info_vreport|
+				error_report|
+				warn_report|
+				info_report}x;
 
 	if ($rawline =~ /\b(?:$qemu_error_funcs)\s*\(.*\".*\\n/) {
 		ERROR("Error messages should not contain newlines\n" . $herecurr);
diff --git a/util/qemu-error.c b/util/qemu-error.c
index 1c5e35ecdb..f2fc9d5a1e 100644
--- a/util/qemu-error.c
+++ b/util/qemu-error.c
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@
 #include "monitor/monitor.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 
+typedef enum {
+    REPORT_TYPE_ERROR,
+    REPORT_TYPE_WARNING,
+    REPORT_TYPE_INFO,
+} report_type;
+
 void error_printf(const char *fmt, ...)
 {
     va_list ap;
@@ -179,17 +185,29 @@ static void print_loc(void)
 
 bool enable_timestamp_msg;
 /*
- * Print an error message to current monitor if we have one, else to stderr.
+ * Print a message to current monitor if we have one, else to stderr.
  * Format arguments like vsprintf().  The resulting message should be
  * a single phrase, with no newline or trailing punctuation.
  * Prepend the current location and append a newline.
  * It's wrong to call this in a QMP monitor.  Use error_setg() there.
  */
-void error_vreport(const char *fmt, va_list ap)
+static void vreport(report_type type, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
 {
     GTimeVal tv;
     gchar *timestr;
 
+    switch (type) {
+    case REPORT_TYPE_ERROR:
+        error_printf("error: ");
+        break;
+    case REPORT_TYPE_WARNING:
+        error_printf("warning: ");
+        break;
+    case REPORT_TYPE_INFO:
+        error_printf("info: ");
+        break;
+    }
+
     if (enable_timestamp_msg && !cur_mon) {
         g_get_current_time(&tv);
         timestr = g_time_val_to_iso8601(&tv);
@@ -204,16 +222,62 @@ void error_vreport(const char *fmt, va_list ap)
 
 /*
  * Print an error message to current monitor if we have one, else to stderr.
- * Format arguments like sprintf().  The resulting message should be a
- * single phrase, with no newline or trailing punctuation.
- * Prepend the current location and append a newline.
- * It's wrong to call this in a QMP monitor.  Use error_setg() there.
+ */
+void error_vreport(const char *fmt, va_list ap)
+{
+    vreport(REPORT_TYPE_ERROR, fmt, ap);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Print a warning message to current monitor if we have one, else to stderr.
+ */
+void warn_vreport(const char *fmt, va_list ap)
+{
+    vreport(REPORT_TYPE_WARNING, fmt, ap);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Print an information message to current monitor if we have one, else to
+ * stderr.
+ */
+void info_vreport(const char *fmt, va_list ap)
+{
+    vreport(REPORT_TYPE_INFO, fmt, ap);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Print an error message to current monitor if we have one, else to stderr.
  */
 void error_report(const char *fmt, ...)
 {
     va_list ap;
 
     va_start(ap, fmt);
-    error_vreport(fmt, ap);
+    vreport(REPORT_TYPE_ERROR, fmt, ap);
+    va_end(ap);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Print a warning message to current monitor if we have one, else to stderr.
+ */
+void warn_report(const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+    va_list ap;
+
+    va_start(ap, fmt);
+    vreport(REPORT_TYPE_WARNING, fmt, ap);
+    va_end(ap);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Print an information message to current monitor if we have one, else to
+ * stderr.
+ */
+void info_report(const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+    va_list ap;
+
+    va_start(ap, fmt);
+    vreport(REPORT_TYPE_INFO, fmt, ap);
     va_end(ap);
 }
