diff --git a/source/developers/development_environment.markdown b/source/developers/development_environment.markdown
index e25254537c7..cff766b0e10 100644
--- a/source/developers/development_environment.markdown
+++ b/source/developers/development_environment.markdown
@@ -26,13 +26,21 @@ $ script/setup
 
 * Run `hass` to invoke your local installation.
 
+### {% linkable_title Logging %}
+
+By default logging in home-assistant is tuned for operating in
+production (set to INFO by default, with some modules set to even less
+verbose logging levels).
+
+You can use the [logger](/components/logger/) component to adjust
+logging to DEBUG to see even more details about what is going on.
+
 ### {% linkable_title Developing on Windows %}
 
-If you are using Windows as a development platform, make sure that you have the correct Microsoft Visual C++ build tools installed. Check the [Windows Compilers](https://wiki.python.org/moin/WindowsCompilers) section on the [Python website](https://www.python.org/) for details. Validation using `tox` will fail if this is not done correctly. 
+If you are using Windows as a development platform, make sure that you have the correct Microsoft Visual C++ build tools installed. Check the [Windows Compilers](https://wiki.python.org/moin/WindowsCompilers) section on the [Python website](https://www.python.org/) for details. Validation using `tox` will fail if this is not done correctly.
 
-Also, make sure to install or upgrade the `setuptools` Python package. It contains compatibility improvements and adds automatic use of compilers: 
+Also, make sure to install or upgrade the `setuptools` Python package. It contains compatibility improvements and adds automatic use of compilers:
 
 ```bash
 $ pip install --upgrade setuptools
 ```
-