log/syslog: expand docs a bit to reduce confusion

Fixes #15731

Change-Id: I6f4da0cbb3b6c93e175f5e384ffa118f383b7c3b
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/45089
Reviewed-by: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/src/log/syslog/syslog.go b/src/log/syslog/syslog.go
index df9ffb8e33..dfd0028e5c 100644
--- a/src/log/syslog/syslog.go
+++ b/src/log/syslog/syslog.go
@@ -102,15 +102,16 @@ type netConn struct {
 
 // New establishes a new connection to the system log daemon. Each
 // write to the returned writer sends a log message with the given
-// priority and prefix.
+// priority (a combination of the syslog facility and severity) and
+// prefix tag. If tag is empty, the os.Args[0] is used.
 func New(priority Priority, tag string) (*Writer, error) {
 	return Dial("", "", priority, tag)
 }
 
 // Dial establishes a connection to a log daemon by connecting to
 // address raddr on the specified network. Each write to the returned
-// writer sends a log message with the given facility, severity and
-// tag.
+// writer sends a log message with the facility and severity
+// (from priority) and tag. If tag is empty, the os.Args[0] is used.
 // If network is empty, Dial will connect to the local syslog server.
 // Otherwise, see the documentation for net.Dial for valid values
 // of network and raddr.
@@ -301,10 +302,10 @@ func (n *netConn) close() error {
 	return n.conn.Close()
 }
 
-// NewLogger creates a log.Logger whose output is written to
-// the system log service with the specified priority. The logFlag
-// argument is the flag set passed through to log.New to create
-// the Logger.
+// NewLogger creates a log.Logger whose output is written to the
+// system log service with the specified priority, a combination of
+// the syslog facility and severity. The logFlag argument is the flag
+// set passed through to log.New to create the Logger.
 func NewLogger(p Priority, logFlag int) (*log.Logger, error) {
 	s, err := New(p, "")
 	if err != nil {