diff --git a/src/init/common.cpp b/src/init/common.cpp
index 3261c18e5ac..f2d2c5640ac 100644
--- a/src/init/common.cpp
+++ b/src/init/common.cpp
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ namespace init {
 void AddLoggingArgs(ArgsManager& argsman)
 {
     argsman.AddArg("-debuglogfile=<file>", strprintf("Specify location of debug log file. Relative paths will be prefixed by a net-specific datadir location. (-nodebuglogfile to disable; default: %s)", DEFAULT_DEBUGLOGFILE), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
-    argsman.AddArg("-debug=<category>", "Output debugging information (default: -nodebug, supplying <category> is optional). "
-        "If <category> is not supplied or if <category> = 1, output all debugging information. <category> can be: " + LogInstance().LogCategoriesString() + ". This option can be specified multiple times to output multiple categories.",
+    argsman.AddArg("-debug=<category>", "Output debug and trace logging (default: -nodebug, supplying <category> is optional). "
+        "If <category> is not supplied or if <category> = 1, output all debug and trace logging. <category> can be: " + LogInstance().LogCategoriesString() + ". This option can be specified multiple times to output multiple categories.",
         ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::DEBUG_TEST);
-    argsman.AddArg("-debugexclude=<category>", "Exclude debugging information for a category. Can be used in conjunction with -debug=1 to output debug logs for all categories except the specified category. This option can be specified multiple times to exclude multiple categories.", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::DEBUG_TEST);
+    argsman.AddArg("-debugexclude=<category>", "Exclude debug and trace logging for a category. Can be used in conjunction with -debug=1 to output debug and trace logging for all categories except the specified category. This option can be specified multiple times to exclude multiple categories.", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::DEBUG_TEST);
     argsman.AddArg("-logips", strprintf("Include IP addresses in debug output (default: %u)", DEFAULT_LOGIPS), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::DEBUG_TEST);
     argsman.AddArg("-loglevel=<level>|<category>:<level>", strprintf("Set the global or per-category severity level for logging categories enabled with the -debug configuration option or the logging RPC: %s (default=%s); warning and error levels are always logged. If <category>:<level> is supplied, the setting will override the global one and may be specified multiple times to set multiple category-specific levels. <category> can be: %s.", LogInstance().LogLevelsString(), LogInstance().LogLevelToStr(BCLog::DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL), LogInstance().LogCategoriesString()), ArgsManager::DISALLOW_NEGATION | ArgsManager::DISALLOW_ELISION | ArgsManager::DEBUG_ONLY, OptionsCategory::DEBUG_TEST);
     argsman.AddArg("-logtimestamps", strprintf("Prepend debug output with timestamp (default: %u)", DEFAULT_LOGTIMESTAMPS), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::DEBUG_TEST);