diff --git a/source/reference/command/logRotate.txt b/source/reference/command/logRotate.txt
index b85b5951bf8..7634c3922d1 100644
--- a/source/reference/command/logRotate.txt
+++ b/source/reference/command/logRotate.txt
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@ logRotate
 
 .. dbcommand:: logRotate
 
-   :dbcommand:`logRotate` is an admin only command that allows you to rotate
-   the MongoDB logs to prevent a single logfile from consuming too
-   much disk space. Use the following syntax: ::
+   :dbcommand:`logRotate` is an :term:`admin database` command that 
+   allows you to rotate
+   the MongoDB logs. Use the following syntax:
+   
+   .. code-block:: javascript
 
         { logRotate: 1 }
 
@@ -17,16 +19,30 @@ logRotate
       Your :program:`mongod` instance needs to be running with the
       :option:`--logpath [file] <mongod --logpath>` option.
 
-   You may also rotate the logs by sending a ``SIGUSR1`` signal to the :program:`mongod` process.
-   If your :program:`mongod` has a process ID of 2200, here's how to send the signal on Linux:
+   You may also rotate the logs by sending a ``SIGUSR1`` signal to the
+   :program:`mongod` process.
+   If your :program:`mongod` has a process ID of 2200, here's how to 
+   send the signal on Linux:
 
    .. code-block:: sh
 
        kill -SIGUSR1 2200
 
-   The rotated files will have a timestamp appended to the filename.
+   :dbcommand:`logRotate` will cause the existing log file to be 
+   renamed by appending the current timestamp to the filename.  
+   The rotated files will have a timestamp of the form 
+   <YYYY>-<mm>-<DD>T<HH>-<MM>-<SS> 
+   appended to the filename.
+   A new log file will be created
+   with the name which was specified by the 
+   :setting:`--logpath` runtime option to :program:`mongod` 
+   or :program:`mongos`.
 
    .. note::
 
-     The :dbcommand:`logRotate` command is not available to mongod instances
-     running on windows systems.
+      .. versionadded:: 2.0.3   
+      The :dbcommand:`logRotate` command is available to 
+      :program:`mongod` instances running on Windows systems with 
+      MongoDB release 2.0.3 and higher.
+
+.. :error:`16175` is thrown if logRotate fails