diff --git a/HOWTO.rst b/HOWTO.rst
index 42b2b11974..d173702b1d 100644
--- a/HOWTO.rst
+++ b/HOWTO.rst
@@ -3968,9 +3968,11 @@ Measurements and reporting
 
 .. option:: per_job_logs=bool
 
-	If set, this generates bw/clat/iops log with per file private filenames. If
-	not set, jobs with identical names will share the log filename. Default:
-	true.
+        If set to true, fio generates bw/clat/iops logs with per job unique
+        filenames. If set to false, jobs with identical names will share a log
+        filename. Note that when this option is set to false log files will be
+        opened in append mode and if log files already exist the previous
+        contents will not be overwritten. Default: true.
 
 .. option:: group_reporting
 
diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index d62da6885e..8f659f1dbd 100644
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -3667,8 +3667,10 @@ interpreted in seconds.
 .SS "Measurements and reporting"
 .TP
 .BI per_job_logs \fR=\fPbool
-If set, this generates bw/clat/iops log with per file private filenames. If
-not set, jobs with identical names will share the log filename. Default:
+If set to true, fio generates bw/clat/iops logs with per job unique filenames.
+If set to false, jobs with identical names will share a log filename. Note that
+when this option is set to false log files will be opened in append mode and if
+log files already exist the previous contents will not be overwritten. Default:
 true.
 .TP
 .BI group_reporting