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@@ -13,6 +13,26 @@ If you want to override the implementation for logging across all of the backend
 
 ## Configuring the service
 
+### Modifying the log level
+
+The available log levels, in order of decreasing verbosity, are:
+
+- `debug`: Detailed information, typically useful only when troubleshooting.
+- `info`: General information about the application's operation. This is the default level.
+- `warn`: Indicates potential issues or situations that may require attention.
+- `error`: Indicates errors that have occurred but may not necessarily prevent the application from continuing.
+- `critical`: Indicates critical errors that require immediate attention and likely prevent the application from functioning correctly.
+
+The verbosity of the logging can be controlled by setting the log level. The log level determines the minimum severity level of events that will be output to the console. For example, if the log level is set to `info`, events with a severity level of `debug` will be ignored.
+
+To increase the log level, you can set the `LOG_LEVEL` environment variable to a higher severity level, such as `warn` or `error`. However, be aware that increasing the log level might not result in more output if the existing code primarily emits logs at lower severity levels (e.g., `debug` or `info`). In such cases, you may need to adjust the logging statements within the code to use higher severity levels to see more output.
+
+No additional steps are required beyond setting the `LOG_LEVEL` environment variable, but the effectiveness depends on the existing logging statements in the code.
+
+To learn more, see the [Debugging Backstage](https://backstage.io/docs/tooling/local-dev/debugging) guide.
+
+### Overriding the default implementation
+
 The following example is how you can override the root logger service to add additional metadata to all log lines.
 
 ```ts