diff --git a/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/util/LogUtil.java b/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/util/LogUtil.java
index e68a2b0ef9a..2cb5f06943d 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/util/LogUtil.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/util/LogUtil.java
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
 package ca.uhn.fhir.util;
 
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.event.Level;
 
+/**
+ * Utility to fill a glaring gap in SLF4j's API - The fact that you can't
+ * specify a log level at runtime.
+ *
+ * See here for a discussion:
+ * https://jira.qos.ch/browse/SLF4J-124
+ */
 public class LogUtil {
 
 	public static void log(Logger theLogger, Level theLevel, String theMessage, Object... theArgs) {
@@ -24,8 +32,4 @@ public class LogUtil {
 		}
 	}
 
-	public enum Level {
-		TRACE, DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR
-	}
-
 }
diff --git a/hapi-fhir-base/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/util/LogUtilTest.java b/hapi-fhir-base/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/util/LogUtilTest.java
index 28d345fc0af..755d09d9010 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-base/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/util/LogUtilTest.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-base/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/util/LogUtilTest.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package ca.uhn.fhir.util;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.event.Level;
 
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyString;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
@@ -11,11 +12,11 @@ public class LogUtilTest {
 	@Test
 	public void testLevels() {
 		Logger log = mock(Logger.class);
-		LogUtil.log(log, LogUtil.Level.TRACE, "HELLO");
-		LogUtil.log(log, LogUtil.Level.DEBUG, "HELLO");
-		LogUtil.log(log, LogUtil.Level.INFO, "HELLO");
-		LogUtil.log(log, LogUtil.Level.WARN, "HELLO");
-		LogUtil.log(log, LogUtil.Level.ERROR, "HELLO");
+		LogUtil.log(log, Level.TRACE, "HELLO");
+		LogUtil.log(log, Level.DEBUG, "HELLO");
+		LogUtil.log(log, Level.INFO, "HELLO");
+		LogUtil.log(log, Level.WARN, "HELLO");
+		LogUtil.log(log, Level.ERROR, "HELLO");
 
 		verify(log, times(1)).trace(anyString(),any(Object[].class));
 		verify(log, times(1)).debug(anyString(),any(Object[].class));