diff --git a/plugins/sudoers/def_data.c b/plugins/sudoers/def_data.c
index 05ee96d33..891aba2ad 100644
--- a/plugins/sudoers/def_data.c
+++ b/plugins/sudoers/def_data.c
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ struct sudo_defs_types sudo_defs_table[] = {
 	NULL,
     }, {
 	"syslog_maxlen", T_UINT,
-	N_("Log entries larger than this value will be split into multiple syslog messages"),
+	N_("Log entries larger than this value will be split into multiple syslog messages: %u"),
 	NULL,
     }, {
 	"iolog_user", T_STR|T_BOOL,
diff --git a/plugins/sudoers/def_data.in b/plugins/sudoers/def_data.in
index aecbf9166..a4f662897 100644
--- a/plugins/sudoers/def_data.in
+++ b/plugins/sudoers/def_data.in
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ match_group_by_gid
 	"Resolve groups in sudoers and match on the group ID, not the name"
 syslog_maxlen
 	T_UINT
-	"Log entries larger than this value will be split into multiple syslog messages"
+	"Log entries larger than this value will be split into multiple syslog messages: %u"
 iolog_user
 	T_STR|T_BOOL
 	"User that will own the I/O log files: %s"