diff --git a/Doc/library/logging.config.rst b/Doc/library/logging.config.rst
index 171b0a3ede1..180569b2108 100644
--- a/Doc/library/logging.config.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/logging.config.rst
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ in :mod:`logging` itself) and defining handlers which are declared either in
 
    :param disable_existing_loggers: If specified as ``False``, loggers which
                                     exist when this call is made are left
-                                    alone. The default is ``True`` because this
+                                    enabled. The default is ``True`` because this
                                     enables old behaviour in a backward-
                                     compatible way. This behaviour is to
                                     disable any existing loggers unless they or