diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapo-accesslog.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapo-accesslog.5
index 9e869a2cc5..49d6bb3f38 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapo-accesslog.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapo-accesslog.5
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ directive.
 .B logdb <suffix>
 Specify the suffix of a database to be used for storing the log records.
 The specified database must have already been configured in a prior section
-of the config file. The suffix entry of the database must also already
-exist. The log entries will be generated as the immediate children of the
-suffix entry.
+of the config file. The suffix entry of the log database will be created
+automatically by this overlay. The log entries will be generated as the
+immediate children of the suffix entry.
 .TP
 .B logops <operations>
 Specify which types of operations to log. The valid operation types are