US Patent 11681865 Annotating a log based on log documentation

Embodiments of the invention are directed to annotating a log based on processing log documentation. Aspects include obtaining the log having a plurality of entries. Aspects also include creating a set of log entry templates by processing the log documentation associated with the log, wherein each log entry template includes one or more constants and one or more variables. Aspects further include annotating each of the plurality of entries based on the set of templates, wherein the annotating includes labeling each value of the one or more variables with a variable name.