diff --git a/docs/reference/setup/logging-config.asciidoc b/docs/reference/setup/logging-config.asciidoc
index 2976a32362252..1a4e8e88667d4 100644
--- a/docs/reference/setup/logging-config.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/setup/logging-config.asciidoc
@@ -179,7 +179,8 @@ This is most appropriate when debugging a problem on a single node.
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 [source,properties]
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-logger.org.elasticsearch.discovery.level = debug
+logger.discovery.name = org.elasticsearch.discovery
+logger.discovery.level = debug
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 This is most appropriate when you already need to change your Log4j 2