diff --git a/services/log-server/Cargo.toml b/services/log-server/Cargo.toml
index 22c3f9c9c..46556c134 100644
--- a/services/log-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/services/log-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 authors = ["Sean Cross <sean@xobs.io>"]
 description = "Log output program"
 edition = "2018"
-name = "log-server"
+name = "xous-log"
 version = "0.1.0"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/betrusted-io/xous-core/"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ homepage = "https://betrusted.io/xous-book/"
 
 # Dependency versions enforced by Cargo.lock.
 [dependencies]
-xous-api-log-server = {version = "0.1.2", package = "xous-api-log-server"}
+xous-api-log = {version = "0.1.2", package = "xous-api-log"}
 log = "0.4.14"
 num-derive = {version = "0.3.3", default-features = false}
 num-traits = {version = "0.2.14", default-features = false}
diff --git a/services/log-server/README.md b/services/log-server/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3e09cbd4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/log-server/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Xous: Log Service
+
+This crate contains implementations for the [`log`](https://crates.io/crates/log) crate.
+
+Services relying on the log facility should refer to the [`xous-api-log`](https://crates.io/crates/xous-api-log) crate for instructions on initialization and example code.
+
diff --git a/services/log-server/src/main.rs b/services/log-server/src/main.rs
index 29e2d68be..2e2da3d91 100644
--- a/services/log-server/src/main.rs
+++ b/services/log-server/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #![cfg_attr(target_os = "none", no_std)]
 #![cfg_attr(target_os = "none", no_main)]
 
-use xous_api_log_server::api;
+use xous_api_log::api;
 
 #[cfg(any(feature="precursor", feature="renode"))]
 #[macro_use]