diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/logging/LoggingHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/logging/LoggingHandler.java
index 2bdc9ca335..4383be0be7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/logging/LoggingHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/logging/LoggingHandler.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ import org.jboss.netty.logging.InternalLoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * A {@link ChannelHandler} that logs all events via {@link InternalLogger}.
- * By default, all events are logged in <tt>DEBUG</tt> level.  You can extend
+ * By default, all events are logged at <tt>DEBUG</tt> level.  You can extend
  * this class and override {@link #log(ChannelEvent)} to change the default
  * behavior.
  *
@@ -159,6 +159,14 @@ public class LoggingHandler implements ChannelUpstreamHandler, ChannelDownstream
         return logger;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the {@link InternalLogLevel} that this handler uses to log
+     * a {@link ChannelEvent}.
+     */
+    public InternalLogLevel getLevel() {
+        return level;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Logs the specified event to the {@link InternalLogger} returned by
      * {@link #getLogger()}. If hex dump has been enabled for this handler,