diff --git a/openerp/netsvc.py b/openerp/netsvc.py
index 9efc7120589..28919f23d4d 100644
--- a/openerp/netsvc.py
+++ b/openerp/netsvc.py
@@ -22,23 +22,23 @@
 import logging
 import logging.handlers
 import os
+import pprint
 import release
 import sys
 import threading
-from pprint import pformat
 
 import psycopg2
 
-import tools
 import openerp
 import sql_db
+import tools
 
 _logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 def log(logger, level, prefix, msg, depth=None):
     indent=''
     indent_after=' '*len(prefix)
-    for line in (prefix+pformat(msg, depth=depth)).split('\n'):
+    for line in (prefix + pprint.pformat(msg, depth=depth)).split('\n'):
         logger.log(level, indent+line)
         indent=indent_after
 
diff --git a/openerp/tools/config.py b/openerp/tools/config.py
index 8963720fda0..6b4e3f68f6a 100644
--- a/openerp/tools/config.py
+++ b/openerp/tools/config.py
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ class configmanager(object):
         group.add_option('--log-response', action="append_const", dest="log_handler", const="openerp.netsvc.rpc.response:DEBUG", help='shortcut for --log-handler=openerp.netsvc.rpc.response:DEBUG')
         group.add_option('--log-web', action="append_const", dest="log_handler", const="openerp.addons.web.http:DEBUG", help='shortcut for --log-handler=openerp.addons.web.http:DEBUG')
         group.add_option('--log-sql', action="append_const", dest="log_handler", const="openerp.sql_db:DEBUG", help='shortcut for --log-handler=openerp.sql_db:DEBUG')
-        group.add_option('--log-db', dest='log_db', help="database where OpenERP will store the exceptions", my_default=False)
+        group.add_option('--log-db', dest='log_db', help="Logging database", my_default=False)
         # For backward-compatibility, map the old log levels to something
         # quite close.
         levels = [
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ class configmanager(object):
                 'xmlrpc', 'syslog', 'without_demo', 'timezone',
                 'xmlrpcs_interface', 'xmlrpcs_port', 'xmlrpcs',
                 'static_http_enable', 'static_http_document_root', 'static_http_url_prefix',
-                'secure_cert_file', 'secure_pkey_file', 'dbfilter', 'log_handler', 'log_level'
+                'secure_cert_file', 'secure_pkey_file', 'dbfilter', 'log_handler', 'log_level', 'log_db'
                 ]
 
         for arg in keys: