diff --git a/command/service/logs.go b/command/service/logs.go
index cfcb7ed105..30ed504cfa 100644
--- a/command/service/logs.go
+++ b/command/service/logs.go
@@ -42,20 +42,22 @@ func newLogsCommand(dockerCli *command.DockerCli) *cobra.Command {
 	var opts logsOptions
 
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
-		Use:   "logs [OPTIONS] SERVICE",
-		Short: "Fetch the logs of a service",
+		Use:   "logs [OPTIONS] SERVICE|TASK",
+		Short: "Fetch the logs of a service or task",
 		Args:  cli.ExactArgs(1),
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			opts.target = args[0]
 			return runLogs(dockerCli, &opts)
 		},
-		Tags: map[string]string{"experimental": ""},
+		Tags: map[string]string{"version": "1.29"},
 	}
 
 	flags := cmd.Flags()
+	// options specific to service logs
 	flags.BoolVar(&opts.noResolve, "no-resolve", false, "Do not map IDs to Names in output")
 	flags.BoolVar(&opts.noTrunc, "no-trunc", false, "Do not truncate output")
 	flags.BoolVar(&opts.noTaskIDs, "no-task-ids", false, "Do not include task IDs in output")
+	// options identical to container logs
 	flags.BoolVarP(&opts.follow, "follow", "f", false, "Follow log output")
 	flags.StringVar(&opts.since, "since", "", "Show logs since timestamp (e.g. 2013-01-02T13:23:37) or relative (e.g. 42m for 42 minutes)")
 	flags.BoolVarP(&opts.timestamps, "timestamps", "t", false, "Show timestamps")
@@ -94,6 +96,8 @@ func runLogs(dockerCli *command.DockerCli, opts *logsOptions) error {
 		tty = task.Spec.ContainerSpec.TTY
 		// TODO(dperny) hot fix until we get a nice details system squared away,
 		// ignores details (including task context) if we have a TTY log
+		// if we don't do this, we'll vomit the huge context verbatim into the
+		// TTY log lines and that's Undesirable.
 		if tty {
 			options.Details = false
 		}