--- a/jdk/src/share/lib/logging.properties	Tue Mar 29 15:50:55 2011 -0700
+++ b/jdk/src/share/lib/logging.properties	Tue Mar 29 15:58:18 2011 -0700
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@
 java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.level = INFO
 java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.formatter = java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter
 
+# Example to customize the SimpleFormatter output format 
+# to print one-line log message like this:
+#     <level>: <log message> [<date/time>]
+#
+# java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter.format=%4$s: %5$s [%1$tc]%n
 
 ############################################################
 # Facility specific properties.