diff --git a/homeassistant/components/logbook/services.yaml b/homeassistant/components/logbook/services.yaml
index 3f688628032..c6722dad10b 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/logbook/services.yaml
+++ b/homeassistant/components/logbook/services.yaml
@@ -1,29 +1,19 @@
 log:
-  name: Log
-  description: Create a custom entry in your logbook.
   fields:
     name:
-      name: Name
-      description: Custom name for an entity, can be referenced with entity_id.
       required: true
       example: "Kitchen"
       selector:
         text:
     message:
-      name: Message
-      description: Message of the custom logbook entry.
       required: true
       example: "is being used"
       selector:
         text:
     entity_id:
-      name: Entity ID
-      description: Entity to reference in custom logbook entry.
       selector:
         entity:
     domain:
-      name: Domain
-      description: Icon of domain to display in custom logbook entry.
       example: "light"
       selector:
         text:
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/logbook/strings.json b/homeassistant/components/logbook/strings.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..10ebcc68f64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/homeassistant/components/logbook/strings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+  "services": {
+    "log": {
+      "name": "Log",
+      "description": "Creates a custom entry in the logbook.",
+      "fields": {
+        "name": {
+          "name": "Name",
+          "description": "Custom name for an entity, can be referenced using an `entity_id`."
+        },
+        "message": {
+          "name": "Message",
+          "description": "Message of the logbook entry."
+        },
+        "entity_id": {
+          "name": "Entity ID",
+          "description": "Entity to reference in the logbook entry."
+        },
+        "domain": {
+          "name": "Domain",
+          "description": "Determines which icon is used in the logbook entry. The icon illustrates the integration domain related to this logbook entry."
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}