diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f6ed38812..5f086f76e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
      left in memory after they have been expired or deleted in some cases
      (but note that ssh-agent is setgid so you would still need root to
      access them).  Pointed out by Kevin Burns, ok deraadt
+   - schwarze@cvs.openbsd.org 2014/07/28 15:40:08
+     [sftp-server.8 sshd_config.5]
+     some systems no longer need /dev/log;
+     issue noticed by jirib;
+     ok deraadt
 
 20140725
  - (djm) [regress/multiplex.sh] restore incorrectly deleted line;
diff --git a/sftp-server.8 b/sftp-server.8
index 1e0b277b4..75d8d8d53 100644
--- a/sftp-server.8
+++ b/sftp-server.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: sftp-server.8,v 1.25 2013/10/14 14:18:56 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: sftp-server.8,v 1.26 2014/07/28 15:40:08 schwarze Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2000 Markus Friedl.  All rights reserved.
 .\"
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
 .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: October 14 2013 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: July 28 2014 $
 .Dt SFTP-SERVER 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -140,11 +140,11 @@ to be applied to newly-created files and directories, instead of the
 user's default mask.
 .El
 .Pp
-For logging to work,
+On some systems,
 .Nm
 must be able to access
-.Pa /dev/log .
-Use of
+.Pa /dev/log
+for logging to work, and use of
 .Nm
 in a chroot configuration therefore requires that
 .Xr syslogd 8
diff --git a/sshd_config.5 b/sshd_config.5
index f92084857..6766b57fc 100644
--- a/sshd_config.5
+++ b/sshd_config.5
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
 .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
 .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\" $OpenBSD: sshd_config.5,v 1.175 2014/07/15 15:54:14 millert Exp $
-.Dd $Mdocdate: July 15 2014 $
+.\" $OpenBSD: sshd_config.5,v 1.176 2014/07/28 15:40:08 schwarze Exp $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: July 28 2014 $
 .Dt SSHD_CONFIG 5
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -344,9 +344,9 @@ For file transfer sessions using
 .Dq sftp ,
 no additional configuration of the environment is necessary if the
 in-process sftp server is used,
-though sessions which use logging do require
+though sessions which use logging may require
 .Pa /dev/log
-inside the chroot directory (see
+inside the chroot directory on some operating systems (see
 .Xr sftp-server 8
 for details).
 .Pp