diff --git a/daemon/container.go b/daemon/container.go
index f89db5cfcf..1400e967fb 100644
--- a/daemon/container.go
+++ b/daemon/container.go
@@ -1405,6 +1405,7 @@ func (container *Container) startLogging() error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+		container.LogPath = pth
 
 		dl, err := jsonfilelog.New(pth)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/docs/sources/reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.18.md b/docs/sources/reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.18.md
index c69ade36a4..a7e5e55919 100644
--- a/docs/sources/reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.18.md
+++ b/docs/sources/reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.18.md
@@ -359,7 +359,10 @@ Return low-level information on the container `id`
 				"MaximumRetryCount": 2,
 				"Name": "on-failure"
 			},
-           "LogConfig": { "Type": "json-file", Config: {} },
+			"LogConfig": {
+				"Config": null,
+				"Type": "json-file"
+			},
 			"SecurityOpt": null,
 			"VolumesFrom": null,
 			"Ulimits": [{}]
diff --git a/docs/sources/reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.19.md b/docs/sources/reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.19.md
index 524f77037f..932ee54716 100644
--- a/docs/sources/reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.19.md
+++ b/docs/sources/reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.19.md
@@ -359,7 +359,10 @@ Return low-level information on the container `id`
 				"MaximumRetryCount": 2,
 				"Name": "on-failure"
 			},
-           "LogConfig": { "Type": "json-file", "Config": {} },
+			"LogConfig": {
+				"Config": null,
+				"Type": "json-file"
+			},
 			"SecurityOpt": null,
 			"VolumesFrom": null,
 			"Ulimits": [{}]