-\fIlevel\fR must be one of \fBemer\fR, \fBerr\fR, \fBwarn\fR,
-\fBinfo\fR, or
-\fBdbg\fR, designating the minimum severity of a message for it to be
-logged. If it is omitted, \fIlevel\fR defaults to \fBdbg\fR.
+\fBoff\fR, \fBemer\fR, \fBerr\fR, \fBwarn\fR, \fBinfo\fR, or
+\fBdbg\fR, to control the log level. Messages of the given severity
+or higher will be logged, and messages of lower severity will be
+filtered out. \fBoff\fR filters out all messages. See
+\fBovs\-appctl\fR(8) for a definition of each log level.
+.RE
+.
+.IP
+Case is not significant within \fIspec\fR.
+.IP
+Regardless of the log levels set for \fBfile\fR, logging to a file
+will not take place unless \fB\*(PN\fR was invoked with the
+\fB\-\-log\-file\fR option.
+.IP
+For compatibility with older versions of OVS, \fBany\fR is accepted as
+a word but has no effect.