diff --git a/stable/appmesh-controller/README.md b/stable/appmesh-controller/README.md
index c031802b5..8a6205003 100644
--- a/stable/appmesh-controller/README.md
+++ b/stable/appmesh-controller/README.md
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ Parameter | Description | Default
 `image.repository` | image repository | ` 602401143452.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/amazon/app-mesh-controller`
 `image.tag` | image tag | `<VERSION>`
 `image.pullPolicy` | image pull policy | `IfNotPresent`
+`log.level` | controller log level, possible values are `info` and `debug`  | `info`
 `resources.requests/cpu` | pod CPU request | `100m`
 `resources.requests/memory` | pod memory request | `64Mi`
 `resources.limits/cpu` | pod CPU limit | `2000m`
diff --git a/stable/appmesh-controller/templates/deployment.yaml b/stable/appmesh-controller/templates/deployment.yaml
index 71ab14e76..7cece5dbf 100644
--- a/stable/appmesh-controller/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/stable/appmesh-controller/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -32,8 +32,10 @@ spec:
             {{- if .Values.region }}
             - --aws-region={{ .Values.region }}
             {{- end }}
-            {{- if .Values.logging.verbosity }}
-            - --v={{ .Values.logging.verbosity  }}
+            {{- if eq .Values.log.level "debug" }}
+            - --v=4
+            {{- else if eq .Values.log.level "info" }}
+            - --v=0
             {{- end }}
           livenessProbe:
             exec:
diff --git a/stable/appmesh-controller/values.yaml b/stable/appmesh-controller/values.yaml
index 0532d4c49..3112cdcef 100644
--- a/stable/appmesh-controller/values.yaml
+++ b/stable/appmesh-controller/values.yaml
@@ -41,6 +41,6 @@ rbac:
   # rbac.pspEnabled: `true` if PodSecurityPolicy resources should be created
   pspEnabled: false
 
-logging:
-  #logging.verbosity: <=3 (INFO), >=4 (DEBUG)
-  verbosity: 0
+log:
+  #log.level: info (default), debug
+  level: "info"