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diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_formatter.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_formatter.xml
index e777afaf86..5a060fd42b 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_formatter.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_formatter.xml
@@ -78,10 +78,17 @@
format controls ~p and ~w are replaced with ~P and ~W,
respectively, and the value is used as the depth
parameter. For details, see
- <seealso marker="stdlib:io#format-2">io:format/2,3</seealso>
+ <seealso marker="stdlib:io#format-2"><c>io:format/2,3</c></seealso>
in STDLIB.</p>
<p>Defaults to <c>unlimited</c>.</p>
</item>
+ <tag><c>encoding = </c><seealso marker="stdlib:unicode#type-encoding">
+ <c>unicode:encoding()</c></seealso></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>This parameter must reflect the encoding of the device
+ that the handler prints to.</p>
+ <p>Defaults to <c>utf8</c></p>
+ </item>
<tag><c>legacy_header = boolean()</c></tag>
<item>
<p>If set to <c>true</c> a header field is added to
@@ -105,7 +112,8 @@
by <c>chars_limit</c> or <c>depth</c>, it is truncated.</p>
<p>Defaults to <c>unlimited</c>.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c>report_cb = fun((</c><seealso marker="logger#type-report"><c>logger:report()</c></seealso><c>) -> {</c><seealso marker="stdlib:io#type-format"><c>io:format()</c></seealso><c>, [term()]})</c></tag>
+ <tag><c>report_cb = </c><seealso marker="logger#type-report_cb">
+ <c>logger:report_cb()</c></seealso></tag>
<item>
<p>A report callback is used by the formatter to transform
log messages on report form to a format string and
@@ -119,16 +127,19 @@
both the default report callback, and any report
callback found in metadata. That is, all reports are
converted by this configured function.</p>
- <p>The value must be a function with arity 1,
- returning <c>{Format,Args}</c>, and it will be called
- with a report as only argument.</p>
</item>
<tag><c>single_line = boolean()</c></tag>
<item>
- <p>If set to <c>true</c>, all newlines in the message are
- replaced with <c>", "</c>, and white spaces following
- directly after newlines are removed. Notice that newlines
- added by the <c>template</c> parameter are not replaced.</p>
+ <p>If set to <c>true</c>, each log event is printed as a
+ single line. To achieve this, <c>logger_formatter</c>
+ sets the field width to <c>0</c> for all <c>~p</c>
+ and <c>~P</c> control sequences in the format a string
+ (see <seealso marker="stdlib:io#format-2">
+ <c>io:format/2</c></seealso>), and replaces all
+ newlines in the message with <c>", "</c>. White spaces
+ following directly after newlines are removed. Notice
+ that newlines added by the <c>template</c> parameter are
+ not replaced.</p>
<p>Defaults to <c>true</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><marker id="template"/>