diff --git a/lightningd/plugin.c b/lightningd/plugin.c
index 1182fab22..b4a5f7f83 100644
--- a/lightningd/plugin.c
+++ b/lightningd/plugin.c
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ static const char *plugin_log_handle(struct plugin *plugin,
 		 || level == LOG_IO_OUT) {
 		return tal_fmt(plugin,
 			       "Unknown log-level %.*s, valid values are "
-			       "\"debug\", \"info\", \"warn\", or \"error\".",
+			       "\"trace\", \"debug\", \"info\", \"warn\", or \"error\".",
 			       json_tok_full_len(leveltok),
 			       json_tok_full(plugin->buffer, leveltok));
 	}
diff --git a/plugins/libplugin.c b/plugins/libplugin.c
index 78fba478b..ce8176746 100644
--- a/plugins/libplugin.c
+++ b/plugins/libplugin.c
@@ -1835,7 +1835,8 @@ void plugin_logv(struct plugin *p, enum log_level l,
 
 	json_object_start(js, "params");
 	json_add_string(js, "level",
-			l == LOG_DBG ? "debug"
+			l == LOG_TRACE ? "trace"
+			: l == LOG_DBG ? "debug"
 			: l == LOG_INFORM ? "info"
 			: l == LOG_UNUSUAL ? "warn"
 			: l == LOG_TRACE ? "trace"