diff --git a/docs/guide/logging.rst b/docs/guide/logging.rst
index cb179424e..f01e5c5d9 100644
--- a/docs/guide/logging.rst
+++ b/docs/guide/logging.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ LensKit provides support code for logging and progress reporting.  This code
 lives in the :py:mod:`lenskit.logging` package and provides several
 capabilities:
 
+-   Logger acquisition functions with useful defaults.
 -   Backend-independent progress reporting, with colorful progress bars (via
     Rich_) on terminals.
 -   Easy logging configuration for recommender scripts, supporting log files and
@@ -74,6 +75,15 @@ are run by other tools like DVC.
     level; this allows you to send ``DEBUG`` messages to the file while only
     ``INFO`` messages go to the console.
 
+Emitting Log Messages
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+When writing LensKit code that needs to emit log messages, use LensKit's
+:func:`~lenskit.logging.get_logger` function.  This wraps Structopt's
+``get_logger`` in a proxy that has more useful LensKit defaults (only emitting
+warnings and errors when logging has not been configured).  The resulting logger
+can be used like any other Structlog or standard library logger.
+
 Progress Reporting
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~