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diff --git a/docs-mini/README.logging b/docs-mini/README.logging
index f3be54d0c..6321d39fc 100644
--- a/docs-mini/README.logging
+++ b/docs-mini/README.logging
@@ -10,34 +10,45 @@ Gnumeric or Excel).  Logging is defined in the '/logging' subbranch of
 the main property tree; under '/logging', each '/log' subbranch
 defines a separate log with its own output file and interval.  Here is
 a simple example that logs the rudder and aileron settings every
-second (1000ms) to the file steering.csv:
+second (1000ms) to the file steering.csv, using a comma (the default,
+anyway) as the field delimiter:
 
  <logging>
   <log>
+   <enabled>true<enabled>
    <filename>steering.csv</filename>
    <interval-ms>1000</interval-ms>
+   <delimiter>,</delimiter>
    <entry>
+    <enabled>true</enabled>
     <title>Rudder</title>
     <property>/controls/rudder</property>
    </entry>
    <entry>
+    <enabled>true</enabled>
     <title>Ailerons</title>
     <property>/controls/aileron</property>
    </entry>
   </log>
  </logging>
 
-Each 'log' subbranch contains an optional 'filename' property
-(defaults to "fg_log.csv"), an optional 'interval-ms' property
-(defaults to 0, which logs every frame), and a series of 'entry'
-subbranches.
+Each 'log' subbranch contains a required 'enabled' property, an
+optional 'filename' property (defaults to "fg_log.csv"), an optional
+'delimiter' property (defaults to a comma), an optional 'interval-ms'
+property (defaults to 0, which logs every frame), and a series of
+'entry' subbranches.  The 'delimiter' property uses only the first
+character of the property value as the delimiter.  Note that the
+logger does no escaping, so you must choose a delimiter that will not
+appear in the property values (that's not hard, since most of the
+values are numeric, but watch for commas in the titles).
 
-Each 'entry' subbranch contains a 'property' property specifying the
-name of the property to be logged, and an optional 'title' property
-specifying the title to use in the CSV file (defaults to the full path
-of the property).  The elapsed time in milliseconds since the start of
-the simulation is always included as the first entry with the title
-"Time", so there is no need to include it explicitly.
+Each 'entry' subbranch contains a required 'enabled' property, a
+'property' property specifying the name of the property to be logged,
+and an optional 'title' property specifying the title to use in the
+CSV file (defaults to the full path of the property).  The elapsed
+time in milliseconds since the start of the simulation is always
+included as the first entry with the title "Time", so there is no need
+to include it explicitly.
 
 Here's a sample of the logging output for the above log:
 
@@ -72,4 +83,4 @@ The output log files are always relative to the current directory.
 
 --
 
-David Megginson, 2002-03-12
+David Megginson, last updated 2002-02-01