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-><STRONG>Syntax:</STRONG></A> ErrorLog <EM>filename</EM>|<CODE>syslog</CODE>
+><STRONG>Syntax:</STRONG></A> ErrorLog ><EM>filename</EM>|<CODE>syslog[:facility]</CODE>
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<P><STRONG>Apache 1.3 and above:</STRONG>
Using <CODE>syslog</CODE> instead of a filename enables logging via syslogd(8)
-if the system supports it.
+if the system supports it. The default is to use syslog facility
+<CODE>local7</CODE>, but you can override this by using the
+<CODE>syslog:</CODE><EM>facility</EM> syntax where <EM>facility</EM> can be
+one of the names usually documented in syslog(1).
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