diff --git a/services/audit/pkg/config/config.go b/services/audit/pkg/config/config.go
index 54384e54ac..475c9078e7 100644
--- a/services/audit/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/services/audit/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ type Events struct {
 
 // Auditlog holds audit log information
 type Auditlog struct {
-	LogToConsole bool   `yaml:"log_to_console" env:"AUDIT_LOG_TO_CONSOLE" desc:"Logs to Stdout if true. Independent of the log to file option."`
-	LogToFile    bool   `yaml:"log_to_file" env:"AUDIT_LOG_TO_FILE" desc:"Logs to file if true. Independent of the log to Stdout file option."`
-	FilePath     string `yaml:"filepath" env:"AUDIT_FILEPATH" desc:"Filepath to the logfile. Mandatory if LogToFile is true."`
-	Format       string `yaml:"format" env:"AUDIT_FORMAT" desc:"Log format. Using json is advised."`
+	LogToConsole bool   `yaml:"log_to_console" env:"AUDIT_LOG_TO_CONSOLE" desc:"Logs to stdout if set to 'true'. Independent of the LOG_TO_FILE option."`
+	LogToFile    bool   `yaml:"log_to_file" env:"AUDIT_LOG_TO_FILE" desc:"Logs to file if set to 'true'. Independent of the LOG_TO_CONSOLE option."`
+	FilePath     string `yaml:"filepath" env:"AUDIT_FILEPATH" desc:"Filepath of the logfile. Mandatory if LOG_TO_FILE is set to 'true'."`
+	Format       string `yaml:"format" env:"AUDIT_FORMAT" desc:"Log format. Supported vales are '' (empty) and 'json'. Using 'json' is advised, '' (empty) renders the 'minimal' format. See the text description for details."`
 }
 
 // Tracing defines the available tracing configuration.