diff --git a/doc/userguide/output/eve/eve-json-output.rst b/doc/userguide/output/eve/eve-json-output.rst
index b989b1d2d6..df1fc83db8 100644
--- a/doc/userguide/output/eve/eve-json-output.rst
+++ b/doc/userguide/output/eve/eve-json-output.rst
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ Metadata::
             #payload-buffer-size: 4kb # max size of payload buffer to output in eve-log
             #payload-printable: yes   # enable dumping payload in printable (lossy) format
             #packet: yes              # enable dumping of packet (without stream segments)
-            #http-body: yes           # enable dumping of http body in Base64
-            #http-body-printable: yes # enable dumping of http body in printable format
+            #http-body: yes           # Requires metadata; enable dumping of http body in Base64
+            #http-body-printable: yes # Requires metadata; enable dumping of http body in printable format
 
             # metadata:
 
diff --git a/doc/userguide/partials/eve-log.yaml b/doc/userguide/partials/eve-log.yaml
index f0eba73d61..f4b3c7e15a 100644
--- a/doc/userguide/partials/eve-log.yaml
+++ b/doc/userguide/partials/eve-log.yaml
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ outputs:
             # payload-buffer-size: 4kb # max size of payload buffer to output in eve-log
             # payload-printable: yes   # enable dumping payload in printable (lossy) format
             # packet: yes              # enable dumping of packet (without stream segments)
-            # http-body: yes           # enable dumping of http body in Base64
-            # http-body-printable: yes # enable dumping of http body in printable format
+            # http-body: yes           # Requires metadata; enable dumping of http body in Base64
+            # http-body-printable: yes # Requires metadata; enable dumping of http body in printable format
 
             # Enable the logging of tagged packets for rules using the
             # "tag" keyword.