diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin_jinja/so-salt-cloud b/salt/manager/tools/sbin_jinja/so-salt-cloud
index a1f99712a..c8177e1bc 100644
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin_jinja/so-salt-cloud
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin_jinja/so-salt-cloud
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ Exit Codes:
 
 Logging:
 
-- Logs are written to /opt/so/log/salt/so-salt-cloud.log.
+- Logs are written to /opt/so/log/salt/so-salt-cloud.
 - Both file and console logging are enabled for real-time monitoring.
 
 """
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ local = salt.client.LocalClient()
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
 
-file_handler = logging.FileHandler('/opt/so/log/salt/so-salt-cloud.log')
+file_handler = logging.FileHandler('/opt/so/log/salt/so-salt-cloud')
 console_handler = logging.StreamHandler()
 
 formatter = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s %(message)s')