diff --git a/doc/man/man5/lloadd.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/lloadd.conf.5
index 15a8e1e056..649156c906 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/lloadd.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/lloadd.conf.5
@@ -173,9 +173,12 @@ If modified after server starts up, a change to this option will not take
 effect until the server has been restarted.
 .TP
 .B logfile <filename>
-Specify a file for recording debug log messages. By default these messages
-only go to stderr and are not recorded anywhere else. Specifying a logfile
-copies messages to both stderr and the logfile.
+Specify a file for recording lloadd debug messages. By default these messages
+only go to stderr, are not recorded anywhere else, and are unrelated to
+messages exposed by the
+.B loglevel
+configuration parameter. Specifying a logfile copies messages to both stderr
+and the logfile.
 .TP
 .B loglevel <integer> [...]
 Specify the level at which debugging statements and operation
diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd-config.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd-config.5
index 7eb050602d..f2c98115cd 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd-config.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd-config.5
@@ -539,9 +539,12 @@ see
 option description.  The default is 71.
 .TP
 .B olcLogFile: <filename>
-Specify a file for recording debug log messages. By default these messages
-only go to stderr and are not recorded anywhere else. Specifying a logfile
-copies messages to both stderr and the logfile.
+Specify a file for recording slapd debug messages. By default these messages
+only go to stderr, are not recorded anywhere else, and are unrelated to
+messages exposed by the
+.B loglevel
+configuration parameter. Specifying a logfile copies messages to both stderr
+and the logfile.
 .TP
 .B olcLogLevel: <integer> [...]
 Specify the level at which debugging statements and operation 
diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
index 13ccfe1565..76b329712f 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
@@ -615,9 +615,12 @@ see
 option description.  The default is 71.
 .TP
 .B logfile <filename>
-Specify a file for recording debug log messages. By default these messages
-only go to stderr and are not recorded anywhere else. Specifying a logfile
-copies messages to both stderr and the logfile.
+Specify a file for recording slapd debug messages. By default these messages
+only go to stderr, are not recorded anywhere else, and are unrelated to
+messages exposed by the
+.B loglevel
+configuration parameter. Specifying a logfile copies messages to both stderr
+and the logfile.
 .TP
 .B loglevel <integer> [...]
 Specify the level at which debugging statements and operation