diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5754aa24cf..1108f2144d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ News (mainly features/major bug fixes)
 
 portage-2.3.90
 --------------
-* The new PORTAGE_LOG_FILTER_FILE make.conf(5) variable specifies a
+* The new PORTAGE_LOG_FILTER_FILE_CMD make.conf(5) variable specifies a
   command that filters build log output to a log file. In order to
   filter ANSI escape codes from build logs, ansifilter(1) is a
   convenient setting for this variable.
diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index ff7793ebb8..2d993bdca7 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ portage-2.3.90
 ==================================
 * Bug Fixes:
     - Bug 601252 DISTDIR NFS root_squash support
-    - Bug 709746 new PORTAGE_LOG_FILTER_FILE variable specifies a
+    - Bug 709746 new PORTAGE_LOG_FILTER_FILE_CMD variable specifies a
           command that filters build log output to a log file
     - Bug 710076 einstalldocs: Fix test for DOCS being unset
 
diff --git a/lib/_emerge/AbstractEbuildProcess.py b/lib/_emerge/AbstractEbuildProcess.py
index 3732f80ed8..45545ae15e 100644
--- a/lib/_emerge/AbstractEbuildProcess.py
+++ b/lib/_emerge/AbstractEbuildProcess.py
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ def _async_start(self):
 			null_fd = os.open('/dev/null', os.O_RDONLY)
 			self.fd_pipes[0] = null_fd
 
-		self.log_filter_file = self.settings.get('PORTAGE_LOG_FILTER_FILE')
+		self.log_filter_file = self.settings.get('PORTAGE_LOG_FILTER_FILE_CMD')
 
 		try:
 			yield SpawnProcess._async_start(self)
diff --git a/lib/_emerge/EbuildPhase.py b/lib/_emerge/EbuildPhase.py
index 927a74b988..fbb040ffda 100644
--- a/lib/_emerge/EbuildPhase.py
+++ b/lib/_emerge/EbuildPhase.py
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ def _elog(self, elog_funcname, lines, background=None):
 				if log_path:
 					build_logger = BuildLogger(env=self.settings.environ(),
 						log_path=log_path,
-						log_filter_file=self.settings.get('PORTAGE_LOG_FILTER_FILE'),
+						log_filter_file=self.settings.get('PORTAGE_LOG_FILTER_FILE_CMD'),
 						scheduler=self.scheduler)
 					yield build_logger.async_start()
 					log_file = build_logger.stdin
diff --git a/lib/portage/package/ebuild/_config/special_env_vars.py b/lib/portage/package/ebuild/_config/special_env_vars.py
index dd81051235..c6f88f08cf 100644
--- a/lib/portage/package/ebuild/_config/special_env_vars.py
+++ b/lib/portage/package/ebuild/_config/special_env_vars.py
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
 	"PORTAGE_RO_DISTDIRS",
 	"PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS", "PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS",
 	"PORTAGE_RSYNC_RETRIES", "PORTAGE_SSH_OPTS", "PORTAGE_SYNC_STALE",
-	"PORTAGE_USE", "PORTAGE_LOG_FILTER_FILE",
+	"PORTAGE_USE", "PORTAGE_LOG_FILTER_FILE_CMD",
 	"PORTAGE_LOGDIR", "PORTAGE_LOGDIR_CLEAN",
 	"QUICKPKG_DEFAULT_OPTS", "REPOMAN_DEFAULT_OPTS",
 	"RESUMECOMMAND", "RESUMECOMMAND_FTP",
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
 }
 
 validate_commands = ('PORTAGE_BZIP2_COMMAND', 'PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND',
-	'PORTAGE_LOG_FILTER_FILE',
+	'PORTAGE_LOG_FILTER_FILE_CMD',
 )
 
 # To enhance usability, make some vars case insensitive
diff --git a/lib/portage/util/_async/BuildLogger.py b/lib/portage/util/_async/BuildLogger.py
index 4873d9750f..49f1321fbc 100644
--- a/lib/portage/util/_async/BuildLogger.py
+++ b/lib/portage/util/_async/BuildLogger.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class BuildLogger(AsynchronousTask):
 	Write to a log file, with compression support provided by PipeLogger.
 	If the log_filter_file parameter is specified, then it is interpreted
 	as a command to execute which filters log output (see the
-	PORTAGE_LOG_FILTER_FILE variable in make.conf(5)). The stdin property
+	PORTAGE_LOG_FILTER_FILE_CMD variable in make.conf(5)). The stdin property
 	provides access to a writable binary file stream (refers to a pipe)
 	that log content should be written to (usually redirected from
 	subprocess stdout and stderr streams).
diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5
index baecd283af..467a9d394a 100644
--- a/man/make.conf.5
+++ b/man/make.conf.5
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ with an integer pid. For example, a value of "ionice \-c 3 \-p \\${PID}"
 will set idle io priority. For more information about ionice, see
 \fBionice\fR(1). This variable is unset by default.
 .TP
-.B PORTAGE_LOG_FILTER_FILE
+.B PORTAGE_LOG_FILTER_FILE_CMD
 This variable specifies a command that filters build log output to a
 log file. In order to filter ANSI escape codes from build logs,
 \fBansifilter\fR(1) is a convenient setting for this variable.