diff --git a/src/corelib/Qt6AndroidMacros.cmake b/src/corelib/Qt6AndroidMacros.cmake
index 90349aad872..48abb907a01 100644
--- a/src/corelib/Qt6AndroidMacros.cmake
+++ b/src/corelib/Qt6AndroidMacros.cmake
@@ -475,8 +475,8 @@ function(qt6_android_add_apk_target target)
                 --apk "${apk_final_file_path}"
                 --depfile "${dep_file_path}"
                 --builddir "${relative_to_dir}"
-                ${sign_apk}
                 ${extra_args}
+                ${sign_apk}
             COMMENT "Creating APK for ${target}"
             DEPENDS "${target}" "${deployment_file}" ${extra_deps}
             DEPFILE "${dep_file_path}"
@@ -493,9 +493,10 @@ function(qt6_android_add_apk_target target)
                 --input ${deployment_file}
                 --output ${apk_final_dir}
                 --apk ${apk_final_file_path}
-                ${sign_apk}
                 ${extra_args}
+                ${sign_apk}
             COMMENT "Creating APK for ${target}"
+            VERBATIM
         )
     endif()
 
diff --git a/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp b/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp
index c9c7f12d0cb..787c2f405c9 100644
--- a/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ Options parseOptions()
                 const QString storeAlias = qEnvironmentVariable("QT_ANDROID_KEYSTORE_ALIAS");
                 if (keyStore.isEmpty() || storeAlias.isEmpty()) {
                     options.helpRequested = true;
+                    fprintf(stderr, "Package signing path and alias values are not specified.\n");
                 } else {
                     fprintf(stdout,
                             "Using package signing path and alias values found from the "
@@ -435,9 +436,14 @@ Options parseOptions()
                     options.keyStore = keyStore;
                     options.keyStoreAlias = storeAlias;
                 }
-            } else {
+            } else if (!arguments.at(i + 1).startsWith("--"_L1) &&
+                       !arguments.at(i + 2).startsWith("--"_L1)) {
                 options.keyStore = arguments.at(++i);
                 options.keyStoreAlias = arguments.at(++i);
+            } else {
+                options.helpRequested = true;
+                fprintf(stderr, "Package signing path and alias values are not "
+                                "specified.\n");
             }
 
             // Do not override if the passwords are provided through arguments