diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 15786fb69bd..1f9688f6612 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 ### Fixed
 
 * Fixed default_resource 'not yet implemented' panic #410
+* removed the timestamp from the default logger middleware
 
 * Add `CookieSessionBackend::http_only` method to set `HttpOnly` directive of cookies
 
diff --git a/src/middleware/logger.rs b/src/middleware/logger.rs
index 103cbf373db..b7bb1bb8038 100644
--- a/src/middleware/logger.rs
+++ b/src/middleware/logger.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ use middleware::{Finished, Middleware, Started};
 /// default format:
 ///
 /// ```ignore
-///  %a %t "%r" %s %b "%{Referer}i" "%{User-Agent}i" %T
+///  %a "%r" %s %b "%{Referer}i" "%{User-Agent}i" %T
 /// ```
 /// ```rust
 /// # extern crate actix_web;
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ impl Default for Logger {
     /// Create `Logger` middleware with format:
     ///
     /// ```ignore
-    /// %a %t "%r" %s %b "%{Referer}i" "%{User-Agent}i" %T
+    /// %a "%r" %s %b "%{Referer}i" "%{User-Agent}i" %T
     /// ```
     fn default() -> Logger {
         Logger {
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ struct Format(Vec<FormatText>);
 impl Default for Format {
     /// Return the default formatting style for the `Logger`:
     fn default() -> Format {
-        Format::new(r#"%a %t "%r" %s %b "%{Referer}i" "%{User-Agent}i" %T"#)
+        Format::new(r#"%a "%r" %s %b "%{Referer}i" "%{User-Agent}i" %T"#)
     }
 }