As a note, when I go and look for "how do I format the config files again"? What I want are some details in this page: http://logback.qos.ch/manual/layouts.html#conversionWord However, the top of that page is...pretty confusing. It discusses java objects and custom events. It's pretty confusing and makes it hard to find. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3881242/where-is-logback-encoder-pattern... Might be worth considering a cleanup somehow. Some of the other doc pages have a similar feel FWIW. Thank you, -Roger pack-