diff --git a/src/module.c b/src/module.c
index a71d442c..dff7feb3 100644
--- a/src/module.c
+++ b/src/module.c
@@ -2772,17 +2772,35 @@ void RM_EmitAOF(RedisModuleIO *io, const char *cmdname, const char *fmt, ...) {
  * Logging
  * -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
-/* Produces a log message to the standard Redis log. */
-void RM_Log(RedisModuleCtx *ctx, int level, const char *fmt, ...)
-{
+/* Produces a log message to the standard Redis log, the format accepts
+ * printf-alike specifiers, while level is a string describing the log
+ * level to use when emitting the log, and must be one of the following:
+ *
+ * * "debug"
+ * * "verbose"
+ * * "notice"
+ * * "warning"
+ *
+ * If the specified log level is invalid, verbose is used by default.
+ * There is a fixed limit to the length of the log line this function is able
+ * to emit, this limti is not specified but is guaranteed to be more than
+ * a few lines of text.
+ */
+void RM_Log(RedisModuleCtx *ctx, const char *levelstr, const char *fmt, ...) {
     va_list ap;
     char msg[LOG_MAX_LEN];
     size_t name_len;
+    int level;
 
-    if ((level&0xff) < server.verbosity) return;
     if (!ctx->module) return;   /* Can only log if module is initialized */
 
-    name_len = snprintf(msg, sizeof(msg),"%s: ", ctx->module->name);
+    if (!strcasecmp(levelstr,"debug")) level = LL_DEBUG;
+    else if (!strcasecmp(levelstr,"verbose")) level = LL_VERBOSE;
+    else if (!strcasecmp(levelstr,"notice")) level = LL_NOTICE;
+    else if (!strcasecmp(levelstr,"warning")) level = LL_WARNING;
+    else level = LL_VERBOSE; /* Default. */
+
+    name_len = snprintf(msg, sizeof(msg),"<%s> ", ctx->module->name);
 
     va_start(ap, fmt);
     vsnprintf(msg + name_len, sizeof(msg) - name_len, fmt, ap);
@@ -2791,7 +2809,6 @@ void RM_Log(RedisModuleCtx *ctx, int level, const char *fmt, ...)
     serverLogRaw(level,msg);
 }
 
-
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Modules API internals
  * -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
diff --git a/src/modules/API.md b/src/modules/API.md
index 24768c5b..021b2aa1 100644
--- a/src/modules/API.md
+++ b/src/modules/API.md
@@ -1117,9 +1117,19 @@ handling is performed by Redis itself.
 
 ## `RM_Log`
 
-    void RM_Log(RedisModuleCtx *ctx, int level, const char *fmt, ...);
+    void RM_Log(RedisModuleCtx *ctx, const char *levelstr, const char *fmt, ...);
+
+Produces a log message to the standard Redis log, the format accepts
+printf-alike specifiers, while level is a string describing the log
+level to use when emitting the log, and must be one of the following:
+
+* "debug"
+* "verbose"
+* "notice"
+* "warning"
+
+If the specified log level is invalid, verbose is used by default.
+There is a fixed limit to the length of the log line this function is able
+to emit, this limti is not specified but is guaranteed to be more than
+a few lines of text.
 
-Produce a log message into the standard Redis log. All standard Redis logging
-configuration applies here. Messages can only be logged after a module has
-initialized, and are prefixed by the name of the module.  Log level is
-specified using the REDISMODULE_LOG_* macros.
diff --git a/src/redismodule.h b/src/redismodule.h
index aa43a736..f376c36c 100644
--- a/src/redismodule.h
+++ b/src/redismodule.h
@@ -68,13 +68,6 @@
 #define REDISMODULE_POSITIVE_INFINITE (1.0/0.0)
 #define REDISMODULE_NEGATIVE_INFINITE (-1.0/0.0)
 
-/* Logging levels */
-#define REDISMODULE_LOG_DEBUG 0
-#define REDISMODULE_LOG_VERBOSE 1
-#define REDISMODULE_LOG_NOTICE 2
-#define REDISMODULE_LOG_WARNING 3
-
-
 /* ------------------------- End of common defines ------------------------ */
 
 #ifndef REDISMODULE_CORE
@@ -187,7 +180,7 @@ RedisModuleString *REDISMODULE_API_FUNC(RedisModule_LoadString)(RedisModuleIO *i
 char *REDISMODULE_API_FUNC(RedisModule_LoadStringBuffer)(RedisModuleIO *io, size_t *lenptr);
 void REDISMODULE_API_FUNC(RedisModule_SaveDouble)(RedisModuleIO *io, double value);
 double REDISMODULE_API_FUNC(RedisModule_LoadDouble)(RedisModuleIO *io);
-void REDISMODULE_API_FUNC(RedisModule_Log)(RedisModuleCtx *ctx, int level, const char *fmt, ...);
+void REDISMODULE_API_FUNC(RedisModule_Log)(RedisModuleCtx *ctx, const char *level, const char *fmt, ...);
 
 /* This is included inline inside each Redis module. */
 static int RedisModule_Init(RedisModuleCtx *ctx, const char *name, int ver, int apiver) __attribute__((unused));