Noting that this is only used in Java currently

elastic · Aug 18, 2021 · f45a84c · f45a84c
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@@ -40,7 +40,10 @@ For all options other than `off`, the [log correlation](log-correlation.md) shou
 
 ## `log_ecs_formatter_allow_list` configuration
 
-Only formatters that match an item on this list will be automatically reformatted to ECS when `log_ecs_formatting` is set to any option other than `off`. A "formatter" is a generic name used to describe the logging-framework-specific entity that is responsible for the formatting of log events. For example, in some Java frameworks those would be subtypes of `Layout` or `Encoder`.
+Only formatters that match an item on this list will be automatically reformatted to ECS when `log_ecs_formatting` is 
+set to any option other than `off`. A "formatter" is a generic name used to describe the logging-framework-specific entity 
+that is responsible for the formatting of log events. Currently this option is only implemented in the Java agent, where 
+formatters are subtypes of `Layout` or `Encoder`, depending on the logging framework.
 
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