diff --git a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/howto.adoc b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/howto.adoc
index 7de90bc27d9..ada5ca7adcf 100644
--- a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/howto.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/howto.adoc
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ Finally, access logging for jetty can also be configured that way:
 [source,properties,indent=0,subs="verbatim,quotes,attributes"]
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 	server.jetty.accesslog.enabled=true
-	server.jetty.accesslog.filename=access-log
+	server.jetty.accesslog.filename=/var/log/jetty-access.log
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 By default, logs will be redirected to `System.err`. For more details, please refer to