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@@ -139,7 +139,9 @@ seconds of idleness. (Default: 5 minutes)
Send all messages between \fIminSeverity\fR and \fImaxSeverity\fR to
the standard output stream, the standard error stream, or to the system
log. (The "syslog" value is only supported on Unix.) Recognized
-severity levels are debug, info, notice, warn, and err. If only one
+severity levels are debug, info, notice, warn, and err. We advise using
+"notice" in most cases, since anything more verbose may provide sensitive
+information to an attacker who obtains the logs. If only one
severity level is given, all messages of that level or higher will be
sent to the listed destination.
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