diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index a2706433..b8868d26 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ SnapRAID HISTORY
  * Added a new -i, --import option to automatically import deleted files
    when fixing.
  * Added a new -l, --log option to save to disk the detailed log.
-   Note that if not specified the log is not printed anymore by default.
  * Added support also for hardlinks and empty directories.
  * Added support to save symlinks to files in Windows. Note that only the
    symlink is saved and not the linked file.
diff --git a/snapraid.1 b/snapraid.1
index 86b1f98f..7554d1f1 100644
--- a/snapraid.1
+++ b/snapraid.1
@@ -519,10 +519,8 @@ It\(cqs present mainly for advanced manual recovering.
 Outputs a detailed log to the specified file.
 It contains the exact specification of which block of
 any file is not recoverable and why.
-You can use the special files \(a"1\(a" and \(a"2\(a" to output
-to stdout and stderr.
-If this option is not specified, no detailed log is
-generated.
+If this option is not specified, the log is printed in
+the console using the standard error stream.
 .TP
 .B \(hyv, \(hy\(hyverbose
 Prints more information in the processing.
diff --git a/snapraid.c b/snapraid.c
index 5e255493..42c949e5 100644
--- a/snapraid.c
+++ b/snapraid.c
@@ -385,13 +385,8 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 	raid_init();
 
 	/* open the log file */
-	if (log == 0) {
-#ifdef _WIN32
-		log = "nul";
-#else
-		log = "/dev/null";
-#endif
-	}
+	if (log == 0)
+		log = "2";
 	if (strcmp(log, "1") == 0) {
 		stdlog = stdout;
 	} else if (strcmp(log, "2") == 0) {
diff --git a/snapraid.d b/snapraid.d
index bb617847..8bb4e350 100644
--- a/snapraid.d
+++ b/snapraid.d
@@ -376,10 +376,8 @@ Options
 		Outputs a detailed log to the specified file.
 		It contains the exact specification of which block of
 		any file is not recoverable and why.
-		You can use the special files "1" and "2" to output
-		to stdout and stderr.
-		If this option is not specified, no detailed log is
-		generated.
+		If this option is not specified, the log is printed in
+		the console using the standard error stream.
 
 	-v, --verbose
 		Prints more information in the processing.
diff --git a/snapraid.txt b/snapraid.txt
index 2d211dd2..920a0c10 100644
--- a/snapraid.txt
+++ b/snapraid.txt
@@ -411,10 +411,8 @@ SnapRAID provides the following options:
         Outputs a detailed log to the specified file.
         It contains the exact specification of which block of
         any file is not recoverable and why.
-        You can use the special files "1" and "2" to output
-        to stdout and stderr.
-        If this option is not specified, no detailed log is
-        generated.
+        If this option is not specified, the log is printed in
+        the console using the standard error stream.
 
     -v, --verbose
         Prints more information in the processing.