diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/service/playback/PlaybackDiag.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/service/playback/PlaybackDiag.kt
index c6cd9c9085..ac5c018225 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/service/playback/PlaybackDiag.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/service/playback/PlaybackDiag.kt
@@ -22,9 +22,13 @@ package com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.service.playback
 
 /**
  * Shared logcat tag for the playback diagnostic trace (source routing, player lifecycle, error
- * recovery, HLS liveness learning). Emitted with `Log.d`, so it appears only in a debug build
- * (`Log.minLevel = DEBUG`) and is silent in benchmark/release (`ERROR`). To capture a playback
- * investigation, install a debug build and run:
+ * recovery, HLS liveness learning).
+ *
+ * Emitted with `Log.d`, which fires only while `Log.minLevel <= DEBUG`. No shipped variant is
+ * there by default: [com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.Amethyst.DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL] gives debug AND
+ * benchmark builds `INFO` (the `benchmark` build type counts as `isDebug`) and release `WARN`, so
+ * this trace is silent everywhere until `Amethyst.VERBOSE_LOGS` is flipped to true. To capture a
+ * playback investigation, set that flag, install a debug build and run:
  *
  * ```
  * adb logcat -s PlaybackDiag
diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/service/playback/composable/controls/VideoQualityControls.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/service/playback/composable/controls/VideoQualityControls.kt
index dbc3491464..8acee68d0a 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/service/playback/composable/controls/VideoQualityControls.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/service/playback/composable/controls/VideoQualityControls.kt
@@ -148,9 +148,11 @@ const val VIDEO_QUALITY_TAG = "VideoQuality"
  * Traces which rendition adaptive selection landed on, against the full ladder the manifest
  * offered.
  *
- * The listener is registered only when the trace can actually be emitted — debug builds set
- * `Log.minLevel = DEBUG` while benchmark/release set `ERROR` (see [PLAYBACK_DIAG_TAG]) — so the
- * release path keeps the "no listener per player" property that dropping the old selector bought.
+ * The listener is registered only when the trace can actually be emitted. `Log.minLevel` is above
+ * `DEBUG` in every variant by default — `INFO` for debug and benchmark builds, `WARN` for release
+ * (see [PLAYBACK_DIAG_TAG]) — so this costs nothing until `Amethyst.VERBOSE_LOGS` is turned on,
+ * and every build keeps the "no listener per player" property that dropping the old selector
+ * bought.
  */
 @Composable
 fun LogVideoQualitySelection(player: Player) {