diff --git a/docs/containers.conf.5.md b/docs/containers.conf.5.md
index 280983fb1..d94325eb2 100644
--- a/docs/containers.conf.5.md
+++ b/docs/containers.conf.5.md
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ limit is never exceeded.
 
 **log_tag**=""
 
-Default format tag for container log messages.  Helpful for specific
+Default format tag for container log messages.  This is useful for creating a specific tag for container log messages. Container log messages default to using the truncated container ID as a tag.
 container log, messages. Containers logs default to truncated container ID.
 
 **netns**="private"