diff --git a/suricata.yaml.in b/suricata.yaml.in
index 46502c8eb9..a2788d6a8a 100644
--- a/suricata.yaml.in
+++ b/suricata.yaml.in
@@ -550,7 +550,10 @@ logging:
   # something reasonable if not provided.  Can be overridden in an
   # output section.  You can leave this out to get the default.
   #
-  # This console log format value can be  overridden by the SC_LOG_FORMAT env var.
+  # This console log format value can be overridden by the SC_LOG_FORMAT env var.
+  #default-log-format: "%D: %S: %M"
+  #
+  # For the pre-7.0 log format use:
   #default-log-format: "[%i] %t [%S] - (%f:%l) <%d> (%n) -- "
 
   # A regex to filter output.  Can be overridden in an output section.