diff --git a/docs/configuration/config-file-reference.md b/docs/configuration/config-file-reference.md
index 8282c15c9a..c87286ab1e 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/config-file-reference.md
+++ b/docs/configuration/config-file-reference.md
@@ -3053,10 +3053,12 @@ The `limits_config` configures default and per-tenant limits imposed by Cortex s
 # Configuration for query priority.
 query_priority:
   # Whether queries are assigned with priorities.
+  # CLI flag: -frontend.query-priority.enabled
   [enabled: <boolean> | default = false]
 
   # Priority assigned to all queries by default. Must be a unique value. Use
   # this as a baseline to make certain queries higher/lower priority.
+  # CLI flag: -frontend.query-priority.default-priority
   [default_priority: <int> | default = 0]
 
   # List of priority definitions.
diff --git a/pkg/util/validation/limits.go b/pkg/util/validation/limits.go
index a10e3f1f78..f5cbe5f2b5 100644
--- a/pkg/util/validation/limits.go
+++ b/pkg/util/validation/limits.go
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ type DisabledRuleGroup struct {
 type DisabledRuleGroups []DisabledRuleGroup
 
 type QueryPriority struct {
-	Enabled         bool          `yaml:"enabled" json:"enabled" doc:"nocli|description=Whether queries are assigned with priorities.|default=false"`
-	DefaultPriority int64         `yaml:"default_priority" json:"default_priority" doc:"nocli|description=Priority assigned to all queries by default. Must be a unique value. Use this as a baseline to make certain queries higher/lower priority.|default=0"`
+	Enabled         bool          `yaml:"enabled" json:"enabled"`
+	DefaultPriority int64         `yaml:"default_priority" json:"default_priority"`
 	Priorities      []PriorityDef `yaml:"priorities" json:"priorities" doc:"nocli|description=List of priority definitions."`
 }
 
@@ -216,6 +216,8 @@ func (l *Limits) RegisterFlags(f *flag.FlagSet) {
 	f.Var(&l.MaxCacheFreshness, "frontend.max-cache-freshness", "Most recent allowed cacheable result per-tenant, to prevent caching very recent results that might still be in flux.")
 	f.Float64Var(&l.MaxQueriersPerTenant, "frontend.max-queriers-per-tenant", 0, "Maximum number of queriers that can handle requests for a single tenant. If set to 0 or value higher than number of available queriers, *all* queriers will handle requests for the tenant. If the value is < 1, it will be treated as a percentage and the gets a percentage of the total queriers. Each frontend (or query-scheduler, if used) will select the same set of queriers for the same tenant (given that all queriers are connected to all frontends / query-schedulers). This option only works with queriers connecting to the query-frontend / query-scheduler, not when using downstream URL.")
 	f.IntVar(&l.QueryVerticalShardSize, "frontend.query-vertical-shard-size", 0, "[Experimental] Number of shards to use when distributing shardable PromQL queries.")
+	f.BoolVar(&l.QueryPriority.Enabled, "frontend.query-priority.enabled", false, "Whether queries are assigned with priorities.")
+	f.Int64Var(&l.QueryPriority.DefaultPriority, "frontend.query-priority.default-priority", 0, "Priority assigned to all queries by default. Must be a unique value. Use this as a baseline to make certain queries higher/lower priority.")
 
 	f.IntVar(&l.MaxOutstandingPerTenant, "frontend.max-outstanding-requests-per-tenant", 100, "Maximum number of outstanding requests per tenant per request queue (either query frontend or query scheduler); requests beyond this error with HTTP 429.")