diff --git a/logging.rst b/logging.rst
index 0ad36031dd5..5f10226c30d 100644
--- a/logging.rst
+++ b/logging.rst
@@ -92,8 +92,15 @@ In the ``prod`` environment, logs are written to `STDERR PHP stream`_, which
 works best in modern containerized applications deployed to servers without
 disk write permissions.
 
-If you prefer to store production logs in a file, set the ``path`` of your
-log handler(s) to the path of the file to use (e.g. ``var/log/prod.log``).
+If you prefer to store production logs in a file, set the ``path`` option of your
+log handler(s) to the desired file path (e.g. ``var/log/prod.log``). This directory
+is created by Monolog if it doesn't exist. If your Symfony application runs on a
+read-only filesystem, set the path to an external writable directory (e.g.
+``APP_LOG_DIR=/tmp/log``).
+
+.. versionadded:: 7.3
+
+    The feature to create the log directory automatically was introduced in Symfony 7.3.
 
 Handlers: Writing Logs to different Locations
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