diff --git a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc
index f376a3d3201..9bd16f8277e 100644
--- a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ content into your application; rather pick only the properties that you need.
 	spring.main....= # see class for all properties
 
 	# LOGGING
-	logging.path=/var/logs
+	logging.path=/var/log
 	logging.file=myapp.log
 	logging.config= # location of config file (default classpath:logback.xml for logback)
 	logging.level.*= # levels for loggers, e.g. "logging.level.org.springframework=DEBUG" (TRACE, DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR, FATAL, OFF)