diff --git a/synapse/config/logger.py b/synapse/config/logger.py
index e5d945e5b8..2dbeafa9dd 100644
--- a/synapse/config/logger.py
+++ b/synapse/config/logger.py
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ handlers:
maxBytes: 104857600
backupCount: 10
filters: [context]
- level: INFO
console:
class: logging.StreamHandler
formatter: precise
@@ -56,6 +55,8 @@ loggers:
level: INFO
synapse.storage.SQL:
+ # beware: increasing this to DEBUG will make synapse log sensitive
+ # information such as access tokens.
level: INFO
root:
@@ -78,10 +79,10 @@ class LoggingConfig(Config):
os.path.join(config_dir_path, server_name + ".log.config")
)
return """
- # Logging verbosity level.
+ # Logging verbosity level. Ignored if log_config is specified.
verbose: 0
- # File to write logging to
+ # File to write logging to. Ignored if log_config is specified.
log_file: "%(log_file)s"
# A yaml python logging config file
@@ -102,11 +103,12 @@ class LoggingConfig(Config):
logging_group = parser.add_argument_group("logging")
logging_group.add_argument(
'-v', '--verbose', dest="verbose", action='count',
- help="The verbosity level."
+ help="The verbosity level. Specify multiple times to increase "
+ "verbosity. (Ignored if --log-config is specified.)"
)
logging_group.add_argument(
'-f', '--log-file', dest="log_file",
- help="File to log to."
+ help="File to log to. (Ignored if --log-config is specified.)"
)
logging_group.add_argument(
'--log-config', dest="log_config", default=None,
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