diff --git a/jetty-server/src/main/config/modules/requestlog.mod b/jetty-server/src/main/config/modules/requestlog.mod
index 8c2848360f9e..220c0033a570 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/main/config/modules/requestlog.mod
+++ b/jetty-server/src/main/config/modules/requestlog.mod
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ logs/
 [ini-template]
 # tag::documentation[]
 ## Request log line format string.
-# jetty.requestlog.formatString=%a - %u %{dd/MMM/yyyy:HH:mm:ss ZZZ|GMT}t "%r" %s %B "%{Referer}i" "%{User-Agent}i" "%C"
+#jetty.requestlog.formatString=%{client}a - %u %{dd/MMM/yyyy:HH:mm:ss ZZZ|GMT}t "%r" %s %O "%{Referer}i" "%{User-Agent}i"
 
 ## The logging directory (relative to $JETTY_BASE).
 # jetty.requestlog.dir=logs