diff --git a/logd/LogBuffer.cpp b/logd/LogBuffer.cpp
index 1b829c602..ae950b59e 100644
--- a/logd/LogBuffer.cpp
+++ b/logd/LogBuffer.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #include "LogReader.h"
 
 // Default
-#define LOG_BUFFER_SIZE (256 * 1024) // Tuned on a per-platform basis here?
+#define LOG_BUFFER_SIZE (256 * 1024) // Tuned with ro.logd.size per-platform
 #define log_buffer_size(id) mMaxSize[id]
 #define LOG_BUFFER_MIN_SIZE (64 * 1024UL)
 #define LOG_BUFFER_MAX_SIZE (256 * 1024 * 1024UL)
diff --git a/logd/README.property b/logd/README.property
index 75d9eb091..22f86b930 100644
--- a/logd/README.property
+++ b/logd/README.property
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ persist.logd.logpersistd   string        Enable logpersist daemon, "logcatd"
 persist.logd.size          number  ro    Global default size of the buffer for
                                          all log ids at initial startup, at
                                          runtime use: logcat -b all -G <value>
-ro.logd.size               number svelte default for persist.logd.size
+ro.logd.size               number svelte default for persist.logd.size. Larger
+                                         platform default sizes than 256KB are
+                                         known to not scale well under log spam
+                                         pressure. Address the spam first,
+                                         resist increasing the log buffer.
 persist.logd.size.<buffer> number  ro    Size of the buffer for <buffer> log
 ro.logd.size.<buffer>      number svelte default for persist.logd.size.<buffer>
 ro.config.low_ram          bool   false  if true, logd.statistics, logd.kernel