From 75bc048275e81b05287322072de17e0c3687c2f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Mike=20F=C3=A4hrmann?= <mike_faehrmann@web.de>
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2025 17:52:51 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [docs/documentation] use 'Format String' type for logging
 opotions

---
 docs/configuration.rst | 13 +++++--------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/configuration.rst b/docs/configuration.rst
index 451d0528..ad9edd9d 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration.rst
@@ -7490,16 +7490,13 @@ Description
 output.log
 ----------
 Type
-    * ``string``
+    * `Format String`_
     * |Logging Configuration|_
 Default
     ``"[{name}][{levelname}] {message}"``
 Description
     Configuration for logging output to stderr.
 
-    If this is a simple ``string``, it specifies
-    the format string for logging messages.
-
 
 output.logfile
 --------------
@@ -7518,7 +7515,7 @@ Type
 Description
     File to write external URLs unsupported by *gallery-dl* to.
 
-    The default format string here is ``"{message}"``.
+    The default `Format String`_ here is ``"{message}"``.
 
 
 output.errorfile
@@ -7529,7 +7526,7 @@ Type
 Description
     File to write input URLs which returned an error to.
 
-    The default format string here is also ``"{message}"``.
+    The default `Format String`_ here is also ``"{message}"``.
 
     When combined with
     ``-I``/``--input-file-comment`` or
@@ -9164,8 +9161,8 @@ Description
     Extended logging output configuration.
 
     * format
-        * General format string for logging messages
-          or an ``object`` with format strings for each loglevel.
+        * General `Format String`_ for logging messages
+          or an ``object`` with `Format Strings`_ for each loglevel.
 
           In addition to the default
           `LogRecord attributes <https://docs.python.org/3/library/logging.html#logrecord-attributes>`__,