diff --git a/dev-qt/qtbase/metadata.xml b/dev-qt/qtbase/metadata.xml
index 3c04495eff720..ceb3786524f7d 100644
--- a/dev-qt/qtbase/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-qt/qtbase/metadata.xml
@@ -14,15 +14,15 @@
 		<flag name="gssapi">Enable support for GSSAPI (<pkg>virtual/krb5</pkg>)</flag>
 		<flag name="gtk">Build the GTK platform theme plugin</flag>
 		<flag name="gui">Build Qt6Gui module</flag>
+		<flag name="journald">Log messages using <pkg>sys-apps/systemd</pkg>'s journald rather than output to stderr (override with the QT_FORCE_STDERR_LOGGING=1 env var)</flag>
 		<flag name="libinput">Enable support for input devices via <pkg>dev-libs/libinput</pkg></flag>
 		<flag name="libproxy">Use <pkg>net-libs/libproxy</pkg> for automatic HTTP/SOCKS proxy configuration</flag>
 		<flag name="network">Build Qt6Network module</flag>
 		<flag name="renderdoc">Enable support for capturing graphic's API calls using <pkg>media-gfx/renderdoc</pkg></flag>
 		<flag name="sql">Build Qt6Sql module</flag>
+		<flag name="syslog">Log messages using syslog rather than output to stderr (override with the QT_FORCE_STDERR_LOGGING=1 env var)</flag>
 		<flag name="tslib">Enable support for touchscreen devices via <pkg>x11-libs/tslib</pkg></flag>
 		<flag name="widgets">Build Qt6Widgets module</flag>
-		<flag name="journald">Enable logging to journald</flag>
-		<flag name="syslog">Enable logging to syslog</flag>
 	</use>
 	<upstream>
 		<bugs-to>https://bugreports.qt.io/</bugs-to>