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 3. Start `journaldriver`, for example via `systemd`.
 
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 ## Usage outside of Google Cloud Platform
 
 When running outside of GCP, the following extra steps need to be
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      should be written.
    * `GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS`: Filesystem path to the
      JSON-file containing the service account's private key.
-   * `LOG_NAME`: Name of the target log stream in Stackdriver Logging.
+   * `LOG_STREAM`: Name of the target log stream in Stackdriver Logging.
      This will be automatically created if it does not yet exist.
+   * `LOG_NAME`: Name of the target log to write to. This defaults to
+     `journaldriver` if unset, but it is recommended to - for
+     example - set it to the machine hostname.
 
 ## Upcoming features: