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diff --git a/Doc/library/logging.rst b/Doc/library/logging.rst index 7915c27..bf821ab 100644 --- a/Doc/library/logging.rst +++ b/Doc/library/logging.rst @@ -486,7 +486,9 @@ Formatter Objects responsible for converting a :class:`LogRecord` to (usually) a string which can be interpreted by either a human or an external system. The base :class:`Formatter` allows a formatting string to be specified. If none is -supplied, the default value of ``'%(message)s'`` is used. +supplied, the default value of ``'%(message)s'`` is used, which just includes +the message in the logging call. To have additional items of information in the +formatted output (such as a timestamp), keep reading. A Formatter can be initialized with a format string which makes use of knowledge of the :class:`LogRecord` attributes - such as the default value mentioned above |