diff --git a/lib/ns/client.c b/lib/ns/client.c
index 15a4c9c480..c994c4c495 100644
--- a/lib/ns/client.c
+++ b/lib/ns/client.c
@@ -916,10 +916,10 @@ ns_client_error(ns_client_t *client, isc_result_t result) {
 				     sizeof(log_buf));
 		if (rrl_result != DNS_RRL_RESULT_OK) {
 			/*
-			 * Log dropped errors in the query category
+			 * Log dropped errors in the query-errors category
 			 * so that they are not lost in silence.
 			 * Starts of rate-limited bursts are logged in
-			 * NS_LOGCATEGORY_RRL.
+			 * DNS_LOGCATEGORY_RRL.
 			 */
 			if (wouldlog) {
 				ns_client_log(client,
diff --git a/lib/ns/query.c b/lib/ns/query.c
index ed13b11a13..69812db8a5 100644
--- a/lib/ns/query.c
+++ b/lib/ns/query.c
@@ -7236,7 +7236,7 @@ query_checkrrl(query_ctx_t *qctx, isc_result_t result) {
 			wouldlog, log_buf, sizeof(log_buf));
 		if (rrl_result != DNS_RRL_RESULT_OK) {
 			/*
-			 * Log dropped or slipped responses in the query
+			 * Log dropped or slipped responses in the query-errors
 			 * category so that requests are not silently lost.
 			 * Starts of rate-limited bursts are logged in
 			 * DNS_LOGCATEGORY_RRL.
@@ -7246,7 +7246,8 @@ query_checkrrl(query_ctx_t *qctx, isc_result_t result) {
 			 * with other truncated responses in RespTruncated.
 			 */
 			if (wouldlog) {
-				ns_client_log(qctx->client, DNS_LOGCATEGORY_RRL,
+				ns_client_log(qctx->client,
+					      NS_LOGCATEGORY_QUERY_ERRORS,
 					      NS_LOGMODULE_QUERY,
 					      DNS_RRL_LOG_DROP, "%s", log_buf);
 			}