diff --git a/actioncable/app/javascript/action_cable/logger.js b/actioncable/app/javascript/action_cable/logger.js
index ef4661ead1..c73f5bd542 100644
--- a/actioncable/app/javascript/action_cable/logger.js
+++ b/actioncable/app/javascript/action_cable/logger.js
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 import adapters from "./adapters"
 
+// The logger is disabled by default. You can enable it with:
+//
+//   ActionCable.logger.enabled = true
+//
+//   Example:
+//
+//   import * as ActionCable from '@rails/actioncable'
+//
+//   ActionCable.logger.enabled = true
+//   ActionCable.logger.log('Connection Established.')
+//
+
 export default {
   log(...messages) {
     if (this.enabled) {
diff --git a/guides/source/action_cable_overview.md b/guides/source/action_cable_overview.md
index 3dc75bcfa6..cac3cf48a2 100644
--- a/guides/source/action_cable_overview.md
+++ b/guides/source/action_cable_overview.md
@@ -754,6 +754,17 @@ connections as you have workers. The default worker pool size is set to 4, so
 that means you have to make at least 4 database connections available.
  You can change that in `config/database.yml` through the `pool` attribute.
 
+### Client side logging
+
+Client side logging is disabled by default. You can enable this by setting the `ActionCable.logger.enabled` to true.
+
+```ruby
+import * as ActionCable from '@rails/actioncable'
+
+ActionCable.logger.enabled = true
+```
+
+
 ### Other Configurations
 
 The other common option to configure is the log tags applied to the