diff --git a/akka-docs/java/logging.rst b/akka-docs/java/logging.rst
index 65e840b271..7166108306 100644
--- a/akka-docs/java/logging.rst
+++ b/akka-docs/java/logging.rst
@@ -46,6 +46,14 @@ Auxiliary logging options
 Akka has a couple of configuration options for very low level debugging, that makes most sense in
 for developers and not for operations.
 
+You almost definitely need to have logging set to DEBUG to use any of the options below:
+
+.. code-block:: ruby
+
+    akka {
+      loglevel = DEBUG
+    }
+
 This config option is very good if you want to know what config settings are loaded by Akka:
 
 .. code-block:: ruby
@@ -128,6 +136,8 @@ If you want to see all messages that are received through remoting at DEBUG log
       }
     }
 
+Also see the logging options for TestKit: :ref:`actor.logging`.
+
 
 Event Handler
 =============
diff --git a/akka-docs/scala/logging.rst b/akka-docs/scala/logging.rst
index 0cc969bad7..908017e8b8 100644
--- a/akka-docs/scala/logging.rst
+++ b/akka-docs/scala/logging.rst
@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@ Auxiliary logging options
 Akka has a couple of configuration options for very low level debugging, that makes most sense in
 for developers and not for operations.
 
+You almost definitely need to have logging set to DEBUG to use any of the options below:
+
+.. code-block:: ruby
+
+    akka {
+      loglevel = DEBUG
+    }
+
 This config option is very good if you want to know what config settings are loaded by Akka:
 
 .. code-block:: ruby
@@ -138,6 +146,8 @@ If you want to see all messages that are received through remoting at DEBUG log
       }
     }
 
+Also see the logging options for TestKit: :ref:`actor.logging`.
+
 Translating Log Source to String and Class
 ------------------------------------------