diff --git a/docs/source/api.rst b/docs/source/api.rst
index c2a119daa..0276a2bd9 100644
--- a/docs/source/api.rst
+++ b/docs/source/api.rst
@@ -1485,7 +1485,7 @@ Logging can be enable like so:
     handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
     # configure the handler to your liking
     handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter(
-        "%(threadName)s(%(thread)d) %(asctime)s  %(message)s"
+        "[%(levelname)-8s] %(threadName)s(%(thread)d) %(asctime)s  %(message)s"
     ))
     # add the handler to the driver's logger
     logging.getLogger("neo4j").addHandler(handler)