From d95670e3e3c074f17ebc21ca34d673ae18410345 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daijiro Fukuda <fukuda@clear-code.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2025 13:04:44 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] out_stdout: add use_logger option

https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/pull/5036

Signed-off-by: Daijiro Fukuda <fukuda@clear-code.com>
---
 output/stdout.md | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/output/stdout.md b/output/stdout.md
index 82232957..499b2fd5 100644
--- a/output/stdout.md
+++ b/output/stdout.md
@@ -43,6 +43,16 @@ where the first part shows the output `time`, the second part shows the `tag`, a
 
 The value must be `stdout`.
 
+### `use_logger`
+
+| type | default | version |
+| :--- | :---    | :---    |
+| bool | true    | 1.19.0  |
+
+If [Fluentd logger](../deployment/logging.md) outputs logs to a file, this plugin outputs events to the file as well.
+
+If setting `false`, this plugin outputs events to STDOUT independently of Fluentd logger.
+
 ### `<buffer>` Section
 
 See [Buffer Section Configurations](../configuration/buffer-section.md) for more details.