diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 58d97c43376..f57e379120b 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -8799,6 +8799,6 @@
 	  compliant (also modify non-standard syslog functions for
 	  compatibility).  This will break a lot of things until ALL usage of
 	  syslog is updated to use the modified interfaces (2014-10-8).
-	* drivers/: Correct everything under nuttx/drivers to use the corrected
-	  syslog interfaces (2014-10-8).
+	* drivers/: Correct everything under nuttx/drivers and nuttx/net to
+	  use the corrected syslog interfaces (2014-10-8).
 
diff --git a/include/syslog.h b/include/syslog.h
index 1773159a4c6..b9fe547eee9 100644
--- a/include/syslog.h
+++ b/include/syslog.h
@@ -132,8 +132,28 @@ int syslog(int priority, FAR const char *format, ...);
 int vsyslog(int priority, FAR const char *src, va_list ap);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_LOWPUTC /* Non-standard */
+/* These are non-standard, low-level system logging interface.  The
+ * difference between syslog() and lowsyslog() is that the syslog()
+ * interface writes to the syslog device (usually fd=1, stdout) whereas
+ * lowsyslog() uses a lower level interface that works even from interrupt
+ * handlers.
+ */
+
 int lowsyslog(int priority, FAR const char *format, ...);
-int lowvsyslog(int priority, FAR const char *src, va_list ap);
+int lowvsyslog(int priority, FAR const char *format, va_list ap);
+#else
+/* If the platform cannot support lowsyslog, then we will substitute the
+ * standard syslogging functions.  These will, however, probably cause
+ * problems if called from interrupt handlers, depending upon the nature of
+ * the underlying syslog device.
+ */
+
+#  ifdef CONFIG_CPP_HAVE_VARARGS
+#    define lowsyslog(p,f,...) syslog(p,f,##__VA_ARGS__)
+#  else
+#    define lowsyslog (void)
+#  endif
+#  define lowvsyslog(p,f,a) vsyslog(p,f,a)
 #endif
 
 /* Enable or disable syslog output */