diff --git a/docs/system/device-emulation.rst b/docs/system/device-emulation.rst
index 911381643f..db714ad47a 100644
--- a/docs/system/device-emulation.rst
+++ b/docs/system/device-emulation.rst
@@ -82,22 +82,18 @@ Emulated Devices
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
 
+   devices/virtio/index.rst
+
    devices/can.rst
+   devices/canokey.rst
    devices/ccid.rst
    devices/cxl.rst
-   devices/vfio-user.rst
-   devices/ivshmem.rst
+   devices/igb.rst
    devices/ivshmem-flat.rst
+   devices/ivshmem.rst
    devices/keyboard.rst
    devices/net.rst
    devices/nvme.rst
-   devices/usb.rst
-   devices/vhost-user.rst
-   devices/virtio-gpu.rst
-   devices/virtio-pmem.rst
-   devices/virtio-snd.rst
-   devices/vhost-user-input.rst
-   devices/vhost-user-rng.rst
-   devices/canokey.rst
    devices/usb-u2f.rst
-   devices/igb.rst
+   devices/usb.rst
+   devices/vfio-user.rst
diff --git a/docs/system/devices/vfio-user.rst b/docs/system/devices/vfio-user.rst
index b6dcaa5615..30c2215f4e 100644
--- a/docs/system/devices/vfio-user.rst
+++ b/docs/system/devices/vfio-user.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ vfio-user
 
 QEMU includes a ``vfio-user`` client. The ``vfio-user`` specification allows for
 implementing (PCI) devices in userspace outside of QEMU; it is similar to
-``vhost-user`` in this respect (see :doc:`vhost-user`), but can emulate arbitrary
+``vhost-user`` in this respect (see :doc:`virtio/vhost-user`), but can emulate arbitrary
 PCI devices, not just ``virtio``. Whereas ``vfio`` is handled by the host
 kernel, ``vfio-user``, while similar in implementation, is handled entirely in
 userspace.
diff --git a/docs/system/devices/virtio/index.rst b/docs/system/devices/virtio/index.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fc457ca74c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/system/devices/virtio/index.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+VirtIO Devices
+==============
+
+VirtIO devices are paravirtualized devices designed to be efficient to
+emulate and virtualize. Unless you are specifically trying to exercise
+a driver for some particular hardware they are the recommended device
+models to use for virtual machines.
+
+The `VirtIO specification`_ is an open standard managed by OASIS. It
+describes how a *driver* in a guest operating system interacts with
+the *device* model provided by QEMU. Multiple Operating Systems
+support drivers for VirtIO with Linux perhaps having the widest range
+of device types supported.
+
+The device implementation can either be provided wholly by QEMU, or in
+concert with the kernel (known as *vhost*). The device implementation
+can also be off-loaded to an external process via :ref:`vhost user
+<vhost_user>`.
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+   virtio-gpu.rst
+   virtio-pmem.rst
+   virtio-snd.rst
+   vhost-user.rst
+   vhost-user-input.rst
+   vhost-user-rng.rst
+
+.. _VirtIO specification: https://docs.oasis-open.org/virtio/virtio/v1.3/virtio-v1.3.html
diff --git a/docs/system/devices/vhost-user-input.rst b/docs/system/devices/virtio/vhost-user-input.rst
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/system/devices/vhost-user-input.rst
rename to docs/system/devices/virtio/vhost-user-input.rst
diff --git a/docs/system/devices/vhost-user-rng.rst b/docs/system/devices/virtio/vhost-user-rng.rst
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/system/devices/vhost-user-rng.rst
rename to docs/system/devices/virtio/vhost-user-rng.rst
diff --git a/docs/system/devices/vhost-user.rst b/docs/system/devices/virtio/vhost-user.rst
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/system/devices/vhost-user.rst
rename to docs/system/devices/virtio/vhost-user.rst
diff --git a/docs/system/devices/virtio-gpu.rst b/docs/system/devices/virtio/virtio-gpu.rst
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/system/devices/virtio-gpu.rst
rename to docs/system/devices/virtio/virtio-gpu.rst
diff --git a/docs/system/devices/virtio-pmem.rst b/docs/system/devices/virtio/virtio-pmem.rst
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/system/devices/virtio-pmem.rst
rename to docs/system/devices/virtio/virtio-pmem.rst
diff --git a/docs/system/devices/virtio-snd.rst b/docs/system/devices/virtio/virtio-snd.rst
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/system/devices/virtio-snd.rst
rename to docs/system/devices/virtio/virtio-snd.rst