diff --git a/cmd/geth/main.go b/cmd/geth/main.go
index 55d2b25b92..ffb67aaea8 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/main.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/main.go
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ var (
 		utils.UnlockedAccountFlag,
 		utils.PasswordFileFlag,
 		utils.BootnodesFlag,
-		utils.BootnodesV4Flag,
-		utils.BootnodesV5Flag,
+		utils.LegacyBootnodesV4Flag,
+		utils.LegacyBootnodesV5Flag,
 		utils.DataDirFlag,
 		utils.AncientFlag,
 		utils.KeyStoreDirFlag,
diff --git a/cmd/geth/usage.go b/cmd/geth/usage.go
index c31c5d9657..e1cd37a24c 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/usage.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/usage.go
@@ -183,8 +183,8 @@ var AppHelpFlagGroups = []flagGroup{
 		Name: "NETWORKING",
 		Flags: []cli.Flag{
 			utils.BootnodesFlag,
-			utils.BootnodesV4Flag,
-			utils.BootnodesV5Flag,
+			utils.LegacyBootnodesV4Flag,
+			utils.LegacyBootnodesV5Flag,
 			utils.DNSDiscoveryFlag,
 			utils.ListenPortFlag,
 			utils.MaxPeersFlag,
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index 12ea938525..9f53f2419e 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -595,17 +595,7 @@ var (
 	}
 	BootnodesFlag = cli.StringFlag{
 		Name:  "bootnodes",
-		Usage: "Comma separated enode URLs for P2P discovery bootstrap (set v4+v5 instead for light servers)",
-		Value: "",
-	}
-	BootnodesV4Flag = cli.StringFlag{
-		Name:  "bootnodesv4",
-		Usage: "Comma separated enode URLs for P2P v4 discovery bootstrap (light server, full nodes)",
-		Value: "",
-	}
-	BootnodesV5Flag = cli.StringFlag{
-		Name:  "bootnodesv5",
-		Usage: "Comma separated enode URLs for P2P v5 discovery bootstrap (light server, light nodes)",
+		Usage: "Comma separated enode URLs for P2P discovery bootstrap",
 		Value: "",
 	}
 	NodeKeyFileFlag = cli.StringFlag{
@@ -793,9 +783,9 @@ func setNodeUserIdent(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *node.Config) {
 func setBootstrapNodes(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *p2p.Config) {
 	urls := params.MainnetBootnodes
 	switch {
-	case ctx.GlobalIsSet(BootnodesFlag.Name) || ctx.GlobalIsSet(BootnodesV4Flag.Name):
-		if ctx.GlobalIsSet(BootnodesV4Flag.Name) {
-			urls = splitAndTrim(ctx.GlobalString(BootnodesV4Flag.Name))
+	case ctx.GlobalIsSet(BootnodesFlag.Name) || ctx.GlobalIsSet(LegacyBootnodesV4Flag.Name):
+		if ctx.GlobalIsSet(LegacyBootnodesV4Flag.Name) {
+			urls = splitAndTrim(ctx.GlobalString(LegacyBootnodesV4Flag.Name))
 		} else {
 			urls = splitAndTrim(ctx.GlobalString(BootnodesFlag.Name))
 		}
@@ -827,9 +817,9 @@ func setBootstrapNodes(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *p2p.Config) {
 func setBootstrapNodesV5(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *p2p.Config) {
 	urls := params.MainnetBootnodes
 	switch {
-	case ctx.GlobalIsSet(BootnodesFlag.Name) || ctx.GlobalIsSet(BootnodesV5Flag.Name):
-		if ctx.GlobalIsSet(BootnodesV5Flag.Name) {
-			urls = splitAndTrim(ctx.GlobalString(BootnodesV5Flag.Name))
+	case ctx.GlobalIsSet(BootnodesFlag.Name) || ctx.GlobalIsSet(LegacyBootnodesV5Flag.Name):
+		if ctx.GlobalIsSet(LegacyBootnodesV5Flag.Name) {
+			urls = splitAndTrim(ctx.GlobalString(LegacyBootnodesV5Flag.Name))
 		} else {
 			urls = splitAndTrim(ctx.GlobalString(BootnodesFlag.Name))
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags_legacy.go b/cmd/utils/flags_legacy.go
index a5520da9f4..c39664d249 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags_legacy.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags_legacy.go
@@ -148,6 +148,16 @@ var (
 		Usage: "Suggested gas price is the given percentile of a set of recent transaction gas prices (deprecated, use --gpo.percentile)",
 		Value: eth.DefaultConfig.GPO.Percentile,
 	}
+	LegacyBootnodesV4Flag = cli.StringFlag{
+		Name:  "bootnodesv4",
+		Usage: "Comma separated enode URLs for P2P v4 discovery bootstrap (light server, full nodes) (deprecated, use --bootnodes)",
+		Value: "",
+	}
+	LegacyBootnodesV5Flag = cli.StringFlag{
+		Name:  "bootnodesv5",
+		Usage: "Comma separated enode URLs for P2P v5 discovery bootstrap (light server, light nodes) (deprecated, use --bootnodes)",
+		Value: "",
+	}
 )
 
 // showDeprecated displays deprecated flags that will be soon removed from the codebase.