-@item -loglevel [repeat+]@var{loglevel} | -v [repeat+]@var{loglevel}
-Set the logging level used by the library.
-Adding "repeat+" indicates that repeated log output should not be compressed
-to the first line and the "Last message repeated n times" line will be
-omitted. "repeat" can also be used alone.
-If "repeat" is used alone, and with no prior loglevel set, the default
-loglevel will be used. If multiple loglevel parameters are given, using
-'repeat' will not change the loglevel.
+@item -loglevel [@var{flags}+]@var{loglevel} | -v [@var{flags}+]@var{loglevel}
+Set logging level and flags used by the library.
+
+The optional @var{flags} prefix can consist of the following values:
+@table @samp
+@item repeat
+Indicates that repeated log output should not be compressed to the first line
+and the "Last message repeated n times" line will be omitted.
+@item level
+Indicates that log output should add a @code{[level]} prefix to each message
+line. This can be used as an alternative to log coloring, e.g. when dumping the
+log to file.
+@end table
+Flags can also be used alone by adding a '+'/'-' prefix to set/reset a single
+flag without affecting other @var{flags} or changing @var{loglevel}. When
+setting both @var{flags} and @var{loglevel}, a '+' separator is expected
+between the last @var{flags} value and before @var{loglevel}.
+