diff --git a/logd/README.property b/logd/README.property
index de6767a..da5f96f 100644
--- a/logd/README.property
+++ b/logd/README.property
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@
                                          resist increasing the log buffer.
 persist.logd.size.<buffer> number  ro    Size of the buffer for <buffer> log
 ro.logd.size.<buffer>      number svelte default for persist.logd.size.<buffer>
-ro.config.low_ram          bool   false  if true, logd.statistics, logd.kernel
-                                         default false, logd.size 64K instead
-                                         of 256K.
+ro.config.low_ram          bool   false  if true, logd.statistics,
+                                         ro.logd.kernel default false,
+                                         logd.size 64K instead of 256K.
 persist.logd.filter        string        Pruning filter to optimize content.
                                          At runtime use: logcat -P "<string>"
 ro.logd.filter       string "~! ~1000/!" default for persist.logd.filter.
diff --git a/logd/main.cpp b/logd/main.cpp
index c8183f0..4af0d21 100644
--- a/logd/main.cpp
+++ b/logd/main.cpp
@@ -438,8 +438,8 @@
 
     int fdPmesg = -1;
     bool klogd = __android_logger_property_get_bool(
-        "logd.kernel", BOOL_DEFAULT_TRUE | BOOL_DEFAULT_FLAG_PERSIST |
-                           BOOL_DEFAULT_FLAG_ENG | BOOL_DEFAULT_FLAG_SVELTE);
+        "ro.logd.kernel",
+        BOOL_DEFAULT_TRUE | BOOL_DEFAULT_FLAG_ENG | BOOL_DEFAULT_FLAG_SVELTE);
     if (klogd) {
         static const char proc_kmsg[] = "/proc/kmsg";
         fdPmesg = android_get_control_file(proc_kmsg);