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@@ -147,9 +147,8 @@ allowing developers to explore an unterminated program.
 --with-assert=opt
 ```
 Optimistic assertions are branchless and generate less code than other modes.
-Assertion failure is only detected at the end of each core event loop iteration.
-These assertions are intended to minimally reveal the existence of a failure and
-are much harder to debug.
+Assertion failure is only detected at the end of each core event loop iteration;
+intended to minimally reveal the existence of a failure and much harder to debug.
 
 #### Manually enable optimization
 
@@ -200,14 +199,14 @@ time.
 
 The log levels are (from logger.h):
 ```
-7  DEBUG      Maximum verbosity for developers.
-6  DWARNING   A warning but only for developers (more frequent than WARNING).
-5  DERROR     An error but only worthy of developers (more frequent than ERROR).
-4  INFO       A more frequent message with good news.
-3  NOTICE     An infrequent important message with neutral or positive news.
-2  WARNING    Non-impacting undesirable behavior user should know about.
-1  ERROR      Things that shouldn't happen; user impacted and should know.
-0  CRITICAL   Catastrophic/unrecoverable; program is in a compromised state.
+7   ⚪ DEBUG      Maximum verbosity for developers.
+6   ⚪ DWARNING   A warning but only for developers (more frequent than WARNING).
+5   ⚪ DERROR     An error but only worthy of developers (more frequent than ERROR).
+4   🟢 INFO       A more frequent message with good news.
+3   🔵 NOTICE     An infrequent important message with neutral or positive news.
+2   🟡 WARNING    Non-impacting undesirable behavior user should know about.
+1   🔴 ERROR      Things that shouldn't happen; user impacted and should know.
+0   ⭕ CRITICAL   Catastrophic/unrecoverable; program is in a compromised state.
 ```
 
 When `--enable-debug` is used `--with-log-level=DEBUG` is implied. Otherwise