diff --git a/doc/examples/osmo-mgw/osmo-mgw-abis_e1.cfg b/doc/examples/osmo-mgw/osmo-mgw-abis_e1.cfg
index bd948b8b8..dcf3663cc 100644
--- a/doc/examples/osmo-mgw/osmo-mgw-abis_e1.cfg
+++ b/doc/examples/osmo-mgw/osmo-mgw-abis_e1.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 !
 ! MGCP configuration example
 !
+log stderr
+ logging color 1
+ logging print category-hex 0
+ logging print category 1
+ logging timestamp 0
+ logging print file basename last
+ logging print level 1
+
 e1_input
  e1_line 0 driver dahdi
  e1_line 0 port 0
diff --git a/doc/examples/osmo-mgw/osmo-mgw.cfg b/doc/examples/osmo-mgw/osmo-mgw.cfg
index 320feaec7..8535efe23 100644
--- a/doc/examples/osmo-mgw/osmo-mgw.cfg
+++ b/doc/examples/osmo-mgw/osmo-mgw.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 !
 ! MGCP configuration example
 !
+log stderr
+ logging color 1
+ logging print category-hex 0
+ logging print category 1
+ logging timestamp 0
+ logging print file basename last
+ logging print level 1
+
 mgcp
   bind ip 127.0.0.1
   rtp port-range 4002 16000