diff --git a/conf.c b/conf.c
index 24949685..9f647c20 100644
--- a/conf.c
+++ b/conf.c
@@ -2320,10 +2320,11 @@ static void usage()
     printf("-d level\t\tLog level (1-9) (EMR, ALR, CRT, ERR, WRN, NTC, ERR, DBG, ALL). default: 6 / NTC.\n");
     printf("-k type\t\t\tType of log (STR, ENC, NET, DBL, EVT, TRK, VID, ALL). default: ALL.\n");
     printf("-p process_id_file\tFull path and filename of process id file (pid file).\n");
-    printf("-l log file \t\tFull path and filename of log file.\n");
+    printf("-l log file \t\tFull path and filename of log file. ( use -l syslog to log to stderr and syslog )\n");
     printf("-h\t\t\tShow this screen.\n");
     printf("\n");
     printf("Motion is configured using a config file only. If none is supplied,\n");
     printf("it will read motion.conf from current directory, ~/.motion or %s.\n", sysconfdir);
+    printf("e.g run motion debugging video only , no daemon and logging to stderr and syslog :\n\n\t ./motion -n -l syslog -d 9 -k VID\n");
     printf("\n");
 }
diff --git a/motion.1 b/motion.1
index cb201027..f9bd3b6f 100644
--- a/motion.1
+++ b/motion.1
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Set type of log (STR, ENC, NET, DBL, EVT, TRK, VID, ALL). (default: ALL)
 Full path and filename for process id file (pid file). E.g /var/run/motion.pid. Default is not defined. Pid file is only created when Motion is started in daemon mode.
 .TP
 .B \-l
-Full path and filename of log file.
+Full path and filename of log file. ( use -l syslog to log to stderr and syslog )
 .TP
 .SH "CONFIG FILE OPTIONS"
 These are the options that can be used in the config file.
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ Use a file to save logs messages, if not defined stderr and syslog is used.
 .B logfile string
 Values: Max 4095 characters / Default: Not defined
 .br
-Use a file to save logs messages, if not defined stderr and syslog is used.
+Use a file to save logs messages, if not defined stderr and syslog is used. ( if syslog is set then will log to stderr and syslog )
 .TP
 .B log_level integer
 Values: 1 - 9 / Default: 6