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diff --git a/daemon.c b/daemon.c
index bfa81487..d8f598be 100644
--- a/daemon.c
+++ b/daemon.c
@@ -58,24 +58,30 @@ static void daemon_set_default_log_colors(void)
 }
 
 /**
- * Set the color for one loglevel.
+ * Set the color for log messages of the given severity level.
  *
- * \param arg Must be of the form "ll:[fg [bg]] [attr]".
+ * \param arg Must be of the form "severity:[fg [bg]] [attr]".
  */
 void daemon_set_log_color_or_die(const char *arg)
 {
+	unsigned ll;
+	const char * const sev[] = {SEVERITIES};
 	char *p = strchr(arg, ':');
-	int ret, ll;
 
 	if (!p)
 		goto err;
-	ret = get_loglevel_by_name(arg);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		goto err;
-	ll = ret;
-	p++;
-	color_parse_or_die(p, me->log_colors[ll]);
-	return;
+	for (ll = 0; ll < NUM_LOGLEVELS; ll++) {
+		const char *name = sev[ll];
+		/*
+		 * Parse only the first part of the string so that, for
+		 * example, the argument "info:something_else" is recognized.
+		 * Note that the string comparison is performed
+		 * case-insensitively.
+		 */
+		if (strncasecmp(arg, name, strlen(name)))
+			continue;
+		return color_parse_or_die(p + 1, me->log_colors[ll]);
+	}
 err:
 	PARA_EMERG_LOG("%s: invalid color argument\n", arg);
 	exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
@@ -134,18 +140,47 @@ void daemon_set_logfile(const char *logfile_name)
 }
 
 /**
- * Suppress log messages with severity lower than the given loglevel.
+ * Control the verbosity for logging.
  *
- * \param loglevel The smallest level that should be logged.
+ * This instructs the daemon to not log subsequent messages whose severity is
+ * lower than the given value.
+ *
+ * \param loglevel The new log level.
  */
-void daemon_set_loglevel(const char *loglevel)
+void daemon_set_loglevel(int loglevel)
 {
-	int ret = get_loglevel_by_name(loglevel);
+	assert(loglevel >= 0);
+	assert(loglevel < NUM_LOGLEVELS);
+	me->loglevel = loglevel;
+}
 
-	assert(ret >= 0);
-	me->loglevel = ret;
+/**
+ * Get the current log level of the daemon.
+ *
+ * \return Greater or equal than zero and less than NUM_LOGLEVELS. This
+ * function never fails.
+ */
+int daemon_get_loglevel(void)
+{
+	return me->loglevel;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Register functions to be called before and after a message is logged.
+ *
+ * \param pre_log_hook Called before the message is logged.
+ * \param post_log_hook Called after the message is logged.
+ *
+ * The purpose of this function is to provide a primitive for multi-threaded
+ * applications to serialize the access to the log facility, preventing
+ * interleaving log messages. This can be achieved by having the pre-log hook
+ * acquire a lock which blocks the other threads on the attempt to log a
+ * message at the same time.  The post-log hook is responsible for releasing
+ * the lock.
+ *
+ * If these hooks are unnecessary, for example because the application is
+ * single-threaded, this function does not need to be called.
+ */
 void daemon_set_hooks(void (*pre_log_hook)(void), void (*post_log_hook)(void))
 {
 	me->pre_log_hook = pre_log_hook;
@@ -247,9 +282,9 @@ void daemon_close_log(void)
 }
 
 /**
- * fopen() the logfile in append mode.
+ * Open the logfile in append mode.
  *
- * \return Either succeeds or exits.
+ * This function either succeeds or exits.
  */
 void daemon_open_log_or_die(void)
 {