diff --git a/src/man/wg.8 b/src/man/wg.8
index 2786623..0f74751 100644
--- a/src/man/wg.8
+++ b/src/man/wg.8
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ by running as root:
 
 \fB    # modprobe wireguard && echo module wireguard +p > /sys/kernel/debug/dynamic_debug/control\fP
 
-On userspace implementations, it is customary to set the \fILOG_LEVEL\fP environment variable to \fIdebug\fP.
+On userspace implementations, it is customary to set the \fILOG_LEVEL\fP environment variable to \fIverbose\fP.
 
 .SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
 .TP