diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/syslog.3 b/lib/libc/gen/syslog.3
index ce7dfdccf55e..1c19444405e9 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/syslog.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/syslog.3
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@
 .\"
 .\"     @(#)syslog.3	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd May 13, 2021
+.Dd July 3, 2023
 .Dt SYSLOG 3
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm syslog ,
@@ -130,8 +130,13 @@ and
 The
 .Fa ident
 argument
 is a string that will be prepended to every message.
+It may be formatted as
+.Fa ident[N]
+in which case decimal number
+.Fa N
+replaces the process id within messages.
 The
 .Fa logopt
 argument
 is a bit field specifying logging options, which is formed by
diff --git a/usr.bin/logger/logger.1 b/usr.bin/logger/logger.1
index 9842ffc0af1c..aacf4aad0ea4 100644
--- a/usr.bin/logger/logger.1
+++ b/usr.bin/logger/logger.1
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@
 .\"
 .\"	@(#)logger.1	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd March 16, 2022
+.Dd July 3, 2023
 .Dt LOGGER 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm logger
@@ -72,9 +72,11 @@ If this option is specified,
 tries to send the message to all addresses.
 .It Fl i
 Log the process id of the logger process
 with each line.
-This flag is ignored and the process id is always logged.
+This flag is ignored and the process id is always logged,
+but see also
+.Fl t .
 .It Fl s
 Log the message to standard error, as well as the system log.
 .It Fl f Ar file
 Read the contents of the specified file into syslog.
@@ -152,8 +154,13 @@ and
 .It Fl t Ar tag
 Mark every line in the log with the specified
 .Ar tag
 rather than the default of current login name.
+Use
+.Fl t
+.Ar tag[N]
+to insert specific decimal process id instead of id of
+.Nm .
 .It Ar message
 Write the message to log; if not specified, and the
 .Fl f
 flag is not