diff --git a/examples/plugins/c-custom-loggers/custom-logger.c b/examples/plugins/c-custom-loggers/custom-logger.c
index 59c2077c0f..ba4274639d 100644
--- a/examples/plugins/c-custom-loggers/custom-logger.c
+++ b/examples/plugins/c-custom-loggers/custom-logger.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ static TmEcode ThreadDeinit(ThreadVars *tv, void *data)
 
 static void Init(void)
 {
-    OutputRegisterPacketLogger(LOGGER_USER, "custom-packet-logger", CustomPacketLogger,
+    SCOutputRegisterPacketLogger(LOGGER_USER, "custom-packet-logger", CustomPacketLogger,
             CustomPacketLoggerCondition, NULL, ThreadInit, ThreadDeinit);
     OutputRegisterFlowLogger(
             "custom-flow-logger", CustomFlowLogger, NULL, ThreadInit, ThreadDeinit);
diff --git a/src/output-packet.c b/src/output-packet.c
index 9576e61153..14dabe7c69 100644
--- a/src/output-packet.c
+++ b/src/output-packet.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2007-2022 Open Information Security Foundation
+/* Copyright (C) 2007-2024 Open Information Security Foundation
  *
  * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
  * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ typedef struct OutputPacketLogger_ {
 
 static OutputPacketLogger *list = NULL;
 
-int OutputRegisterPacketLogger(LoggerId logger_id, const char *name, PacketLogger LogFunc,
+int SCOutputRegisterPacketLogger(LoggerId logger_id, const char *name, PacketLogger LogFunc,
         PacketLogCondition ConditionFunc, void *initdata, ThreadInitFunc ThreadInit,
         ThreadDeinitFunc ThreadDeinit)
 {
diff --git a/src/output-packet.h b/src/output-packet.h
index 03cf2ee3f5..4d7309d7f2 100644
--- a/src/output-packet.h
+++ b/src/output-packet.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2007-2013 Open Information Security Foundation
+/* Copyright (C) 2007-2024 Open Information Security Foundation
  *
  * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
  * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
@@ -29,19 +29,44 @@
 #include "tm-threads.h"
 #include "decode.h"
 
-/** packet logger function pointer type */
+/**
+ * \brief Packet logger function pointer type.
+ */
 typedef int (*PacketLogger)(ThreadVars *, void *thread_data, const Packet *);
 
-/** packet logger condition function pointer type,
- *  must return true for packets that should be logged
+/**
+ * \brief Packet logger condition function point type.
+ *
+ * Must return true for the packet to be passed onto the packet
+ *     logger.
  */
 typedef bool (*PacketLogCondition)(ThreadVars *, void *thread_data, const Packet *);
 
-int OutputRegisterPacketLogger(LoggerId logger_id, const char *name, PacketLogger LogFunc,
+/**
+ * \brief Register a packet logger.
+ *
+ * \param logger_id An ID used to distinguish this logger from others
+ *     while profiling.
+ * \param name An informational name for this logger. Used only for
+ *     debugging.
+ * \param LogFunc A function that will be called to log each packet
+ *     that passes the condition test.
+ * \param ConditionFunc A function to test if the packet should be passed to
+ *     the logging function.
+ * \param initdata Initialization data that will pass to the
+ *     ThreadInitFunc.
+ * \param ThreadInitFunc Thread initialization function.
+ * \param ThreadDeinitFunc Thread de-initialization function.
+ *
+ * \retval 0 on success, -1 on failure.
+ */
+int SCOutputRegisterPacketLogger(LoggerId logger_id, const char *name, PacketLogger LogFunc,
         PacketLogCondition ConditionFunc, void *initdata, ThreadInitFunc, ThreadDeinitFunc);
 
+/** Internal function: private API. */
 void OutputPacketLoggerRegister(void);
 
+/** Internal function: private API. */
 void OutputPacketShutdown(void);
 
 #endif /* SURICATA_OUTPUT_PACKET_H */
diff --git a/src/runmodes.c b/src/runmodes.c
index 362555603d..e2d88bfbb4 100644
--- a/src/runmodes.c
+++ b/src/runmodes.c
@@ -618,9 +618,8 @@ static void SetupOutput(
 
     if (module->PacketLogFunc) {
         SCLogDebug("%s is a packet logger", module->name);
-        OutputRegisterPacketLogger(module->logger_id, module->name,
-            module->PacketLogFunc, module->PacketConditionFunc, output_ctx,
-            module->ThreadInit, module->ThreadDeinit);
+        SCOutputRegisterPacketLogger(module->logger_id, module->name, module->PacketLogFunc,
+                module->PacketConditionFunc, output_ctx, module->ThreadInit, module->ThreadDeinit);
     } else if (module->TxLogFunc) {
         SCLogDebug("%s is a tx logger", module->name);
         OutputRegisterTxLogger(module->logger_id, module->name, module->alproto,