diff --git a/docs/setup/settings.asciidoc b/docs/setup/settings.asciidoc
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--- a/docs/setup/settings.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/setup/settings.asciidoc
@@ -306,10 +306,11 @@ the `polling` method could be used enabling that option. *Default: `false`*
 suppress all logging output. *Default: `false`*
 
 | `logging.timezone`
- | Optional. Set to the canonical time zone ID
+ | Set to the canonical time zone ID
 (for example, `America/Los_Angeles`) to log events using that time zone.
 For possible values, refer to
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones[database time zones].
+When not set, log events use the host timezone
 
 | [[logging-verbose]] `logging.verbose:` {ess-icon}
  | Set to `true` to log all events, including system usage information and all