diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 767509c9a..bb888d520 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 # assign the entire repo to the maintainers team
 * @beetbox/maintainers
+
+# Specific ownerships:
+/beets/metadata_plugins.py @semohr
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/beets/logging.py b/beets/logging.py
index becfff86f..29357c0f0 100644
--- a/beets/logging.py
+++ b/beets/logging.py
@@ -35,9 +35,10 @@ from logging import (
     Handler,
     Logger,
     NullHandler,
+    RootLogger,
     StreamHandler,
 )
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Mapping, TypeVar
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Mapping, TypeVar, overload
 
 from typing_extensions import ParamSpec
 
@@ -173,9 +174,12 @@ my_manager = copy(Logger.manager)
 my_manager.loggerClass = BeetsLogger
 
 
-# Override the `getLogger` to use our machinery.
-def getLogger(name=None):  # noqa
+@overload
+def getLogger(name: str) -> BeetsLogger: ...
+@overload
+def getLogger(name: None = ...) -> RootLogger: ...
+def getLogger(name=None) -> BeetsLogger | RootLogger:  # noqa: N802
     if name:
-        return my_manager.getLogger(name)
+        return my_manager.getLogger(name)  # type: ignore[return-value]
     else:
         return Logger.root
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 52e935445..38037955e 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ Other changes:
 - :class:`beets.metadata_plugin.MetadataSourcePlugin`: Remove discogs specific
   disambiguation stripping.
 
+For developers and plugin authors:
+
+- Typing improvements in ``beets/logging.py``: ``getLogger`` now returns
+  ``BeetsLogger`` when called with a name, or ``RootLogger`` when called without
+  a name.
+
 2.4.0 (September 13, 2025)
 --------------------------