diff --git a/pages/linux/logger.md b/pages/linux/logger.md
index bca002a443..c1fbb3debc 100644
--- a/pages/linux/logger.md
+++ b/pages/linux/logger.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 `echo {{log_entry}} | logger`
 
-- Send the output to a remote syslog server running at a given port. Default port is `syslog`:
+- Send the output to a remote syslog server running at a given port. Default port is 514:
 
 `echo {{log_entry}} | logger --server {{hostname}} --port {{port}}`
 
diff --git a/pages/osx/logger.md b/pages/osx/logger.md
index 0bc0c9eba6..d5bad38eb6 100644
--- a/pages/osx/logger.md
+++ b/pages/osx/logger.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 `echo {{log_entry}} | logger`
 
-- Send the output to a remote syslog server running at a given port. Default port is `syslog`:
+- Send the output to a remote syslog server running at a given port. Default port is 514:
 
 `echo {{log_entry}} | logger -h {{hostname}} -P {{port}}`