diff --git a/man/mosquitto.conf.5.xml b/man/mosquitto.conf.5.xml
index 89276600..db934e56 100644
--- a/man/mosquitto.conf.5.xml
+++ b/man/mosquitto.conf.5.xml
@@ -474,14 +474,16 @@ D.conf
 						named output.</para>
 					<para><option>syslog</option> uses the userspace syslog
 						facility which usually ends up in /var/log/messages or
-						similar and topic logs to the broker topic
+						similar.</para>
+					<para><option>topic</option> logs to the broker topic
 						'$SYS/broker/log/&lt;severity&gt;', where severity is
-						one of D, E, W, N, I, M which are debug, error,
+						one of E, W, N, I, M which are error,
 						warning, notice, information and message. Message type
 						severity is used by the subscribe and unsubscribe
 						log_type options and publishes log messages at
 						$SYS/broker/log/M/subscribe and
-						$SYS/broker/log/M/unsubscribe.</para>
+						$SYS/broker/log/M/unsubscribe. Debug messages are never
+						logged on topics.</para>
 					<para>The <option>file</option> destination requires an
 						additional parameter which is the file to be logged to,
 						e.g. "log_dest file /var/log/mosquitto.log". The file