diff --git a/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/log-format.md b/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/log-format.md
index cdd68e597d..7007143495 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/log-format.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/log-format.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ log_format upstreaminfo
     '{{ if $cfg.useProxyProtocol }}$proxy_protocol_addr{{ else }}$remote_addr{{ end }} - '
     '[$the_real_ip] - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" '
     '$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" "$http_user_agent" '
-    '$request_length $request_time [$proxy_upstream_name] $upstream_addr '
+    '$request_length $request_time [$proxy_upstream_name] [$proxy_alternative_upstream_name] $upstream_addr '
     '$upstream_response_length $upstream_response_time $upstream_status $req_id';
 ```
 
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ log_format upstreaminfo
 | `$request_length` | request length (including request line, header, and request body) |
 | `$request_time` | time elapsed since the first bytes were read from the client |
 | `$proxy_upstream_name` | name of the upstream. The format is `upstream-<namespace>-<service name>-<service port>` |
+| `$proxy_alternative_upstream_name` | name of the alternative upstream. The format is `upstream-<namespace>-<service name>-<service port>` |
 | `$upstream_addr` | the IP address and port (or the path to the domain socket) of the upstream server. If several servers were contacted during request processing, their addresses are separated by commas. |
 | `$upstream_response_length` | the length of the response obtained from the upstream server |
 | `$upstream_response_time` | time spent on receiving the response from the upstream server as seconds with millisecond resolution |
@@ -45,4 +46,4 @@ Additional available variables:
 Sources:
 
 - [Upstream variables](http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_upstream_module.html#variables)
-- [Embedded variables](http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_core_module.html#variables)
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+- [Embedded variables](http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_core_module.html#variables)