Fixed -- Clarified the meaning of "django catch-all logger."
@@ -456,8 +456,8 @@ Django provides several built-in loggers.
``django``
~~~~~~~~~~
-``django`` is the catch-all logger. No messages are posted directly to
-this logger.
+The catch-all logger for messages in the ``django`` hierarchy. No messages are
+posted using this name but instead using one of the loggers below.
.. _django-request-logger:
@@ -734,18 +734,19 @@ By default, Django configures the following logging:
When :setting:`DEBUG` is ``True``:
-* The ``django`` catch-all logger sends all messages at the ``INFO`` level or
- higher to the console.
+* The ``django`` logger sends messages in the ``django`` hierarchy (except
+ ``django.server``) at the ``INFO`` level or higher to the console.
When :setting:`DEBUG` is ``False``:
-* The ``django`` logger send messages with ``ERROR`` or ``CRITICAL`` level to
+* The ``django`` logger sends messages in the ``django`` hierarchy (except
+ ``django.server``) with ``ERROR`` or ``CRITICAL`` level to
:class:`AdminEmailHandler`.
Independent of the value of :setting:`DEBUG`:
-* The :ref:`django-server-logger` logger sends all messages at the ``INFO``
- level or higher to the console.
+* The :ref:`django-server-logger` logger sends messages at the ``INFO`` level
+ or higher to the console.
See also :ref:`Configuring logging <configuring-logging>` to learn how you can
complement or replace this default logging configuration.
