diff --git a/docs/tracing.txt b/docs/tracing.txt
index 3182ee82ad695ab7a2b411101c5497d31e921258..0bd6b9cf9efefda612a99a44cdf425e5b2f08af9 100644
--- a/docs/tracing.txt
+++ b/docs/tracing.txt
@@ -157,9 +157,9 @@ performance penalty.
 Note that regardless of the selected trace backend, events with the "disable"
 property will be generated with the "nop" backend.
 
-=== Stderr ===
+=== Log ===
 
-The "stderr" backend sends trace events directly to standard error.  This
+The "log" backend sends trace events directly to standard error.  This
 effectively turns trace events into debug printfs.
 
 This is the simplest backend and can be used together with existing code that