diff --git a/modules/ROOT/pages/monitoring/logging.adoc b/modules/ROOT/pages/monitoring/logging.adoc
index 984e15502..7bd291453 100644
--- a/modules/ROOT/pages/monitoring/logging.adoc
+++ b/modules/ROOT/pages/monitoring/logging.adoc
@@ -727,6 +727,7 @@ The following information is available in the JSON format:
 
 | database
 | The database name the command is executed on.
+This field is optional and thus will not be populated for all security events.
 
 | username
 | The user connected to the security event.