diff --git a/doc/guide/agent.xml b/doc/guide/agent.xml
index a7b5c74b93..90dffee1c7 100644
--- a/doc/guide/agent.xml
+++ b/doc/guide/agent.xml
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ http {
       The CA is started by running its binary and specifying the configuration file
       it should use. For example:
 <screen>
-$ ./kea-ctrl-agent -c /usr/local/etc/kea/kea.conf
+$ ./kea-ctrl-agent -c /usr/local/etc/kea/kea-ctrl-agent.conf
 </screen>
     </para>
   </section>
diff --git a/doc/guide/keactrl.xml b/doc/guide/keactrl.xml
index a39be5cf56..7e0aa4aa8d 100644
--- a/doc/guide/keactrl.xml
+++ b/doc/guide/keactrl.xml
@@ -73,7 +73,11 @@ keactrl &lt;command&gt; [-c keactrl-config-file] [-s server[,server,..]]
 prefix=@prefix@
 
 # Location of Kea configuration file.
-kea_config_file=@sysconfdir@/@PACKAGE@/kea.conf
+kea_dhcp4_config_file=@sysconfdir@/@PACKAGE@/kea-dhcp4.conf
+kea_dhcp6_config_file=@sysconfdir@/@PACKAGE@/kea-dhcp6.conf
+kea_dhcp_ddns_config_file=@sysconfdir@/@PACKAGE@/kea-dhcp-ddns.conf
+kea_ctrl_agent_config_file=@sysconfdir@/@PACKAGE@/kea-ctrl-agent.conf
+
 
 # Location of Kea binaries.
 exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
@@ -168,10 +172,10 @@ kea_verbose=no
       the servers looks similar to the following:
 <screen>
 <userinput>$ keactrl start</userinput>
-INFO/keactrl: Starting kea-dhcp4 -c /usr/local/etc/kea/kea.conf -d
-INFO/keactrl: Starting kea-dhcp6 -c /usr/local/etc/kea/kea.conf -d
-INFO/keactrl: Starting kea-dhcp-ddns -c /usr/local/etc/kea/kea.conf -d
-INFO/keactrl: Starting kea-ctrl-agent -c /usr/local/etc/kea/kea.conf -d
+INFO/keactrl: Starting kea-dhcp4 -c /usr/local/etc/kea/kea-dhcp4.conf -d
+INFO/keactrl: Starting kea-dhcp6 -c /usr/local/etc/kea/kea-dhcp6.conf -d
+INFO/keactrl: Starting kea-dhcp-ddns -c /usr/local/etc/kea/kea-dhcp-ddns.conf -d
+INFO/keactrl: Starting kea-ctrl-agent -c /usr/local/etc/kea/kea-ctrl-agent.conf -d
 </screen>
       </para>
 
@@ -261,6 +265,10 @@ DHCPv6 server: inactive
 DHCP DDNS: active
 Control Agent: active
 Kea configuration file: /usr/local/etc/kea/kea.conf
+Kea DHCPv4 configuration file: /usr/local/etc/kea/kea-dhcp4.conf
+Kea DHCPv6 configuration file: /usr/local/etc/kea/kea-dhcp6.conf
+Kea DHCP DDNS configuration file: /usr/local/etc/kea/kea-dhcp-ddns.conf
+Kea Control Agent configuration file: /usr/local/etc/kea/kea-ctrl-agent.conf
 keactrl configuration file: /usr/local/etc/kea/keactrl.conf
 </screen>
       </para>
diff --git a/doc/guide/quickstart.xml b/doc/guide/quickstart.xml
index 74e97f174c..4e7f1e119f 100644
--- a/doc/guide/quickstart.xml
+++ b/doc/guide/quickstart.xml
@@ -61,6 +61,14 @@ $ <userinput>./configure [your extra parameters]</userinput></screen>
           </para>
         </listitem>
 
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Edit the Kea configuration files which by default are installed in
+          the <filename>[kea-install-dir]/etc/kea/</filename> directory. These are:
+          kea-dhcp4.conf, kea-dhcp6.conf, kea-dhcp-ddns.conf and kea-ctrl-agent.conf,
+          for DHCPv4 server, DHCPv6 server, D2 and Control Agent respectively.
+          </para>
+        </listitem>
+
         <listitem>
           <para>Edit the configuration file which by default is installed in
           <filename>[kea-install-dir]/etc/kea/kea.conf</filename> and contains
diff --git a/src/bin/keactrl/kea-ctrl-agent.conf.pre b/src/bin/keactrl/kea-ctrl-agent.conf.pre
index 19039e943e..83e6efe215 100644
--- a/src/bin/keactrl/kea-ctrl-agent.conf.pre
+++ b/src/bin/keactrl/kea-ctrl-agent.conf.pre
@@ -51,10 +51,8 @@
 {
   "loggers": [
     {
-        // This section affects kea-dhcp4, which is the base logger for DHCPv4
-        // component. It tells DHCPv4 server to write all log messages (on
-        // severity INFO or more) to a file.
-        "name": "kea-dhcp4",
+        // This specifies the logging for Control Agent daemon.
+        "name": "kea-ctrl-agent",
         "output_options": [
             {
                 // Specifies the output file. There are several special values
@@ -64,7 +62,7 @@
                 // - syslog (logs to syslog)
                 // - syslog:name (logs to syslog using specified name)
                 // Any other value is considered a name of a time
-                "output": "@localstatedir@/log/kea-dhcp4.log"
+                "output": "@localstatedir@/log/kea-ctrl-agent.log"
 
                 // This governs whether the log output is flushed to disk after
                 // every write.
@@ -86,39 +84,6 @@
         // 99 is most verbose. Be cautious, Kea can generate lots and lots
         // of logs if told to do so.
         "debuglevel": 0
-    },
-    {
-        // This specifies the logging for kea-dhcp6 logger, i.e. all logs
-        // generated by Kea DHCPv6 server.
-        "name": "kea-dhcp6",
-        "output_options": [
-            {
-                "output": "@localstatedir@/log/kea-dhcp6.log"
-            }
-        ],
-        "severity": "INFO",
-        "debuglevel": 0
-    },
-    {
-        // This specifies the logging for D2 (DHCP-DDNS) daemon.
-        "name": "kea-dhcp-ddns",
-        "output_options": [
-            {
-                "output": "@localstatedir@/log/kea-ddns.log"
-            }
-        ],
-        "severity": "INFO",
-        "debuglevel": 0
-    },
-    {
-        "name": "kea-ctrl-agent",
-        "output_options": [
-            {
-                "output": "@localstatedir@/log/kea-ctrl-agent.log"
-            }
-        ],
-        "severity": "INFO",
-        "debuglevel": 0
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/src/bin/keactrl/kea-dhcp-ddns.conf.pre b/src/bin/keactrl/kea-dhcp-ddns.conf.pre
index 3b174c505f..3bd9290d4f 100644
--- a/src/bin/keactrl/kea-dhcp-ddns.conf.pre
+++ b/src/bin/keactrl/kea-dhcp-ddns.conf.pre
@@ -63,10 +63,8 @@
 {
   "loggers": [
     {
-        // This section affects kea-dhcp4, which is the base logger for DHCPv4
-        // component. It tells DHCPv4 server to write all log messages (on
-        // severity INFO or more) to a file.
-        "name": "kea-dhcp4",
+        // This specifies the logging for D2 (DHCP-DDNS) daemon.
+        "name": "kea-dhcp-ddns",
         "output_options": [
             {
                 // Specifies the output file. There are several special values
@@ -76,7 +74,7 @@
                 // - syslog (logs to syslog)
                 // - syslog:name (logs to syslog using specified name)
                 // Any other value is considered a name of a time
-                "output": "@localstatedir@/log/kea-dhcp4.log"
+                "output": "@localstatedir@/log/kea-ddns.log"
 
                 // This governs whether the log output is flushed to disk after
                 // every write.
@@ -98,39 +96,6 @@
         // 99 is most verbose. Be cautious, Kea can generate lots and lots
         // of logs if told to do so.
         "debuglevel": 0
-    },
-    {
-        // This specifies the logging for kea-dhcp6 logger, i.e. all logs
-        // generated by Kea DHCPv6 server.
-        "name": "kea-dhcp6",
-        "output_options": [
-            {
-                "output": "@localstatedir@/log/kea-dhcp6.log"
-            }
-        ],
-        "severity": "INFO",
-        "debuglevel": 0
-    },
-    {
-        // This specifies the logging for D2 (DHCP-DDNS) daemon.
-        "name": "kea-dhcp-ddns",
-        "output_options": [
-            {
-                "output": "@localstatedir@/log/kea-ddns.log"
-            }
-        ],
-        "severity": "INFO",
-        "debuglevel": 0
-    },
-    {
-        "name": "kea-ctrl-agent",
-        "output_options": [
-            {
-                "output": "@localstatedir@/log/kea-ctrl-agent.log"
-            }
-        ],
-        "severity": "INFO",
-        "debuglevel": 0
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/src/bin/keactrl/kea-dhcp4.conf.pre b/src/bin/keactrl/kea-dhcp4.conf.pre
index 170f324726..2e6b5815c3 100644
--- a/src/bin/keactrl/kea-dhcp4.conf.pre
+++ b/src/bin/keactrl/kea-dhcp4.conf.pre
@@ -448,39 +448,6 @@
         // 99 is most verbose. Be cautious, Kea can generate lots and lots
         // of logs if told to do so.
         "debuglevel": 0
-    },
-    {
-        // This specifies the logging for kea-dhcp6 logger, i.e. all logs
-        // generated by Kea DHCPv6 server.
-        "name": "kea-dhcp6",
-        "output_options": [
-            {
-                "output": "@localstatedir@/log/kea-dhcp6.log"
-            }
-        ],
-        "severity": "INFO",
-        "debuglevel": 0
-    },
-    {
-        // This specifies the logging for D2 (DHCP-DDNS) daemon.
-        "name": "kea-dhcp-ddns",
-        "output_options": [
-            {
-                "output": "@localstatedir@/log/kea-ddns.log"
-            }
-        ],
-        "severity": "INFO",
-        "debuglevel": 0
-    },
-    {
-        "name": "kea-ctrl-agent",
-        "output_options": [
-            {
-                "output": "@localstatedir@/log/kea-ctrl-agent.log"
-            }
-        ],
-        "severity": "INFO",
-        "debuglevel": 0
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/src/bin/keactrl/kea-dhcp6.conf.pre b/src/bin/keactrl/kea-dhcp6.conf.pre
index 77cae95c04..51899729ce 100644
--- a/src/bin/keactrl/kea-dhcp6.conf.pre
+++ b/src/bin/keactrl/kea-dhcp6.conf.pre
@@ -340,10 +340,9 @@
 {
   "loggers": [
     {
-        // This section affects kea-dhcp4, which is the base logger for DHCPv4
-        // component. It tells DHCPv4 server to write all log messages (on
-        // severity INFO or more) to a file.
-        "name": "kea-dhcp4",
+        // This specifies the logging for kea-dhcp6 logger, i.e. all logs
+        // generated by Kea DHCPv6 server.
+        "name": "kea-dhcp6",
         "output_options": [
             {
                 // Specifies the output file. There are several special values
@@ -353,7 +352,7 @@
                 // - syslog (logs to syslog)
                 // - syslog:name (logs to syslog using specified name)
                 // Any other value is considered a name of a time
-                "output": "@localstatedir@/log/kea-dhcp4.log"
+                "output": "@localstatedir@/log/kea-dhcp6.log"
 
                 // This governs whether the log output is flushed to disk after
                 // every write.
@@ -375,39 +374,6 @@
         // 99 is most verbose. Be cautious, Kea can generate lots and lots
         // of logs if told to do so.
         "debuglevel": 0
-    },
-    {
-        // This specifies the logging for kea-dhcp6 logger, i.e. all logs
-        // generated by Kea DHCPv6 server.
-        "name": "kea-dhcp6",
-        "output_options": [
-            {
-                "output": "@localstatedir@/log/kea-dhcp6.log"
-            }
-        ],
-        "severity": "INFO",
-        "debuglevel": 0
-    },
-    {
-        // This specifies the logging for D2 (DHCP-DDNS) daemon.
-        "name": "kea-dhcp-ddns",
-        "output_options": [
-            {
-                "output": "@localstatedir@/log/kea-ddns.log"
-            }
-        ],
-        "severity": "INFO",
-        "debuglevel": 0
-    },
-    {
-        "name": "kea-ctrl-agent",
-        "output_options": [
-            {
-                "output": "@localstatedir@/log/kea-ctrl-agent.log"
-            }
-        ],
-        "severity": "INFO",
-        "debuglevel": 0
     }
   ]
 }