--- logging.handlers.txt.orig	2014-05-30 09:23:27.849491600 -0400
+++ logging.handlers.txt	2014-05-30 10:06:14.694749000 -0400
@@ -734,9 +734,19 @@
    If no *method* is specified, ``GET`` is used.
 
 
+   .. method:: mapLogRecord(record)
+
+      Return **record** formatted as a dict object for use by emit().
+
    .. method:: emit(record)
 
-      Sends the record to the Web server as a percent-encoded dictionary.
+      Sends the entire **record** LogRecord object to the Web server as a 
+      percent-encoded dictionary.
+
+      Note that formatting configuration (configured via the Handler's 
+      setFormatter(), the Logger's basicConfig(), etc.) is **not** used
+      when emit(record) is called. Override the mapLogRecord(record) method
+      in order to customize output.
 
 
 .. seealso::