commons-logging.jar in the classpath
should result in JCL configuring itself in a reasonable manner.
There's a good chance that it'll guess your preferred logging system and you won't
-need to do any configuration at all! Note, however, that providing a simple
-commons-logging.properties file which specifies the concrete logging library to be
-used is recommended, as it saves any possible confusion.
+need to do any configuration at all!
+
+Note, however, that if you have a particular preference then providing a simple
+commons-logging.properties file which specifies the concrete logging library to be
+used is recommended, since (in this case) JCL will log only to that system
+and will report any configuration problems that prevent that system being used.