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@@ -4011,8 +4011,11 @@ domain.</P><P> <A NAME="servicelb"></A> </P><!--TOC section Service Load-Balanci
 </P><DL CLASS="description"><DT CLASS="dt-description">
 	<B><TT>ejabberd.log</TT></B></DT><DD CLASS="dd-description"> is the ejabberd service log, with the messages reported by <TT>ejabberd</TT> code
 	</DD><DT CLASS="dt-description"><B><TT>erlang.log</TT></B></DT><DD CLASS="dd-description"> is the Erlang/OTP system log, with the messages reported by Erlang/OTP using SASL (System Architecture Support Libraries)
-</DD></DL><P>The option <TT>loglevel</TT> modifies the verbosity of the file ejabberd.log. The syntax is:
-</P><DL CLASS="description"><DT CLASS="dt-description"><B><TT>{loglevel, Level}.</TT></B></DT></DL><P>The possible <TT>Level</TT> are:
+</DD></DL><P>The option <TT>loglevel</TT> modifies the verbosity of the file ejabberd.log. The syntax is one of:
+</P><DL CLASS="description"><DT CLASS="dt-description">
+<B><TT>{loglevel, Level}.</TT></B></DT><DD CLASS="dd-description"> The standard form to set a global log level.
+</DD><DT CLASS="dt-description"><B><TT>{loglevel, {Level, [{Module, Level}, ...]}}.</TT></B></DT><DD CLASS="dd-description"> The given Erlang modules will be logged with specific log levels, all others will use the default log level.
+</DD></DL><P>The possible <TT>Level</TT> are:
 </P><DL CLASS="description"><DT CLASS="dt-description">
 	<B><TT>0</TT></B></DT><DD CLASS="dd-description"> No ejabberd log at all (not recommended)
 	</DD><DT CLASS="dt-description"><B><TT>1</TT></B></DT><DD CLASS="dd-description"> Critical
diff --git a/doc/guide.tex b/doc/guide.tex
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@@ -5213,8 +5213,11 @@ An \ejabberd{} node writes two log files:
 	\titem{erlang.log} is the Erlang/OTP system log, with the messages reported by Erlang/OTP using SASL (System Architecture Support Libraries)
 \end{description}
 
-The option \term{loglevel} modifies the verbosity of the file ejabberd.log. The syntax is:
-\esyntax{\{loglevel, Level\}.}
+The option \term{loglevel} modifies the verbosity of the file ejabberd.log. The syntax is one of:
+\begin{description}
+    \titem{\{loglevel, Level\}.} The standard form to set a global log level.
+    \titem{\{loglevel, \{Level, [\{Module, Level\}, ...]\}\}.} The given Erlang modules will be logged with specific log levels, all others will use the default log level.
+\end{description}
 
 The possible \term{Level} are:
 \begin{description}