diff --git a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/config/logging.adoc b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/config/logging.adoc
index 57b01819..e91669a0 100644
--- a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/config/logging.adoc
+++ b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/config/logging.adoc
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ The following options are supported for each logger:
 NOTE: Since version 5.7.0 section names can't contain dots or colons. To specify
       such paths use the *path* setting in an arbitrarily named section.
 
+NOTE: xref:config//logrotate.adoc[`*logrotate*`] contains two example configurations for logroate to manage a log file written by strongswan
+
 *charon.filelog*
 
 [cols="3,1,9"]
diff --git a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/config/logrotate.adoc b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/config/logrotate.adoc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7ee1c953
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/config/logrotate.adoc
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+= Logrotate configuration 
+
+When configuring loggint to a file by using the xref:config//logging.adoc#file-loggers[filelogger] it is desirable to have
+a logroate configuration in place for the file in order to limit the size of the log file.
+
+Following is an example logrotate configuration for keeping a single file.
+```
+/var/log/charon.log {
+    missingok
+    sharedscripts
+    postrotate
+        /usr/bin/swanctl --reload-settings
+    endscript
+    maxsize 10M
+    create 0600 root root
+    shred
+    shredcycles 16
+}
+```
+
+The following configuration is for a daily file.
+
+```
+/var/log/charon.log {
+    missingok
+    sharedscripts
+    compress
+    postrotate
+        /usr/bin/swanctl --reload-settings
+    endscript
+    dateext
+    dateyesterday
+    delaycompress
+    maxsize 10M
+    compresscmd xz
+    create 0600 root root
+    shred
+    shredcycles 16
+
+```
+
+These files are compatible with the following filelogger configuration:
+```
+charon {
+       filelog {
+                charon-log {
+                        time_format = %a, %Y-%m-%d %R
+                        path = /var/log/charon.log
+                        default = 2
+                        mgr = 0
+                        net = 1
+                        enc = 1
+                        asn = 1
+                        job = 1
+                        knl = 2
+                        ike_name = yes
+                        append = yes
+                        flush_line = yes
+                }
+        }
+}
+```