diff --git a/htdocs/core/class/utils.class.php b/htdocs/core/class/utils.class.php
index f86d6570e5c..be220c90487 100644
--- a/htdocs/core/class/utils.class.php
+++ b/htdocs/core/class/utils.class.php
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ class Utils
 
 		dol_include_once('/core/lib/files.lib.php');
 
-		$nbSaves = ! empty($conf->global->SYSLOG_FILE_SAVES) ? intval($conf->global->SYSLOG_FILE_SAVES) : 14;
+		$nbSaves = empty($conf->global->SYSLOG_FILE_SAVES) ? 10 : intval($conf->global->SYSLOG_FILE_SAVES);
 
 		if (empty($conf->global->SYSLOG_FILE)) {
 			$mainlogdir = DOL_DATA_ROOT;
diff --git a/htdocs/core/modules/modSyslog.class.php b/htdocs/core/modules/modSyslog.class.php
index b754eae2765..164d86522e6 100644
--- a/htdocs/core/modules/modSyslog.class.php
+++ b/htdocs/core/modules/modSyslog.class.php
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class modSyslog extends DolibarrModules
 				'objectname' => 'Utils',
 				'method' => 'compressSyslogs',
 				'parameters' => '',
-				'comment' => 'Compress and archive log files. Warning: batch must be run with same account than your web server to avoid to get log files with different owner than required by web server. Another solution is to set web server Operating System group as the group of directory documents and set GROUP permission "rws" on this directory so log files will always have the group and permissions of the web server Operating System group',
+				'comment' => 'Compress and archive log files. The number of versions to keep is defined into the setup of module. Warning: Main application cron script must be run with same account than your web server to avoid to get log files with different owner than required by web server. Another solution is to set web server Operating System group as the group of directory documents and set GROUP permission "rws" on this directory so log files will always have the group and permissions of the web server Operating System group',
 				'frequency' => 1,
 				'unitfrequency' => 3600 * 24,
 				'priority' => 50,