omitted.</p>
<p>A number as modifier can be used to assign a log severity level to a
- format item. The item will only be logged if the severity of the log
- message is not higher than the specified log severity level. The number can
+ format item. The item will only be logged if the log message has a
+ severity level of the specified number or more severe (i.e., the
+ message's level number is less than or equal to the modifier). The number can
range from 1 (alert) over 4 (warn) and 7 (debug) to 15 (trace8).</p>
<p>For example, here's what would happen if you added modifiers to
<tr>
<td><code>%4{Referer}i</code></td>
<td>Logs the <code>Referer</code> only if the log message severity
- is higher than 4.</td>
+ is 4 (warn) or more severe (i.e., levels 1 through 4:
+ alert, crit, error, warn).</td>
</tr>
</table>