diff --git a/docker/telemetry/xrpld-telemetry-mainnet.cfg b/docker/telemetry/xrpld-telemetry-mainnet.cfg
index e38dea2791..b4ba0d6f1a 100644
--- a/docker/telemetry/xrpld-telemetry-mainnet.cfg
+++ b/docker/telemetry/xrpld-telemetry-mainnet.cfg
@@ -94,8 +94,11 @@ docker/telemetry/data
 
 # --- Logging ----------------------------------------------------------------
 
+# Path is resolved relative to this config file's directory (docker/telemetry),
+# so this writes to docker/telemetry/data/logs/mainnet/debug.log — the same
+# dir the compose stack bind-mounts into the collector as /var/log/xrpld.
 [debug_logfile]
-docker/telemetry/data/logs/mainnet/debug.log
+data/logs/mainnet/debug.log
 
 [rpc_startup]
 { "command": "log_level", "severity": "debug" }
diff --git a/docker/telemetry/xrpld-telemetry.cfg b/docker/telemetry/xrpld-telemetry.cfg
index 9b4df176b8..878b20624a 100644
--- a/docker/telemetry/xrpld-telemetry.cfg
+++ b/docker/telemetry/xrpld-telemetry.cfg
@@ -92,8 +92,11 @@ docker/telemetry/data
 
 # --- Logging ----------------------------------------------------------------
 
+# Path is resolved relative to this config file's directory (docker/telemetry),
+# so this writes to docker/telemetry/data/logs/devnet/debug.log — the same
+# dir the compose stack bind-mounts into the collector as /var/log/xrpld.
 [debug_logfile]
-docker/telemetry/data/logs/devnet/debug.log
+data/logs/devnet/debug.log
 
 [rpc_startup]
 { "command": "log_level", "severity": "debug" }