diff --git a/public/templates/admin/logger.tpl b/public/templates/admin/logger.tpl
index e47d330f95..969647f820 100644
--- a/public/templates/admin/logger.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/admin/logger.tpl
@@ -5,16 +5,17 @@
 <div class="alert alert-warning">
 
     <p>
-		By enabling the check box, you will receive http logs to standard output. If you specify a path, logs will then be saved to a file instead.
+		By enabling the check boxes, you will receive logs to standard output. If you specify a path, logs will then be saved to a file instead. HTTP logging is useful for collecting statistics about who and when people access your forum. Socket.io logging, in combination with redis-cli monitor, can be very helpful for learning NodeBB's internals.
     </p>
 	<br/>
 
 	<form>
 
 		<label>
-			<input type="checkbox" data-field="loggerStatus"> <strong>Enable logging</strong>
+			<input type="checkbox" data-field="loggerStatus"> <strong>Enable HTTP logging</strong>
 		</label>
 		<br/>
+		<br/>
 
 		<label>Path to log file</label>
 		<input class="form-control" type="text" placeholder="/path/to/log/file.log" data-field="loggerPath" />
@@ -23,9 +24,10 @@
 		<br/>
 
 		<label>
-			<input type="checkbox" data-field="loggerIOStatus"> <strong>Enable socket.io logging</strong>
+			<input type="checkbox" data-field="loggerIOStatus"> <strong>Enable socket.io event logging</strong>
 		</label>
 		<br/>
+		<br/>
 
 		<label>Path to socket.io log file</label>
         <input class="form-control" type="text" placeholder="/path/to/log/socket.io.file.log" data-field="loggerIOPath" />
diff --git a/src/websockets.js b/src/websockets.js
index 04d2b96c93..6f2841650a 100644
--- a/src/websockets.js
+++ b/src/websockets.js
@@ -57,25 +57,6 @@ module.exports.init = function(io) {
 			sessionID, uid;
 
 
-
-/*
-(function() {
-  var emit = socket.emit;
-  socket.emit = function() {
-    console.log('***','emit', Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments));
-    emit.apply(socket, arguments);
-  };
-  var $emit = socket.$emit;
-  socket.$emit = function() {
-    console.log('***','on',Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments));
-    $emit.apply(socket, arguments);
-  };
-})();
-*/
-
-
-
-
 		// Validate the session, if present
 		socketCookieParser(hs, {}, function(err) {
 			sessionID = socket.handshake.signedCookies["express.sid"];
@@ -103,7 +84,9 @@ module.exports.init = function(io) {
 					if(!meta.config.loggerIOStream) {
                     	var loggerObj = {};
                     	if(meta.config.loggerIOPath) {
-                        	loggerObj.stream = fs.createWriteStream(meta.config.loggerIOPath, {flags: 'a'});
+							var actual_path = meta.config.loggerIOPath;
+							if(meta.config.loggerIOPath == meta.config.loggerPath) { actual_path = actual_path + ".io.log"; }
+                        	loggerObj.stream = fs.createWriteStream(actual_path, {flags: 'a'});
                     	}
                     	else {
                         	loggerObj.stream = process.stdout;