diff --git a/logging.lua b/logging.lua
index 46e6ce5..24b41a5 100644
--- a/logging.lua
+++ b/logging.lua
@@ -16,11 +16,18 @@ end
 -- default log level
 local loglevel="INFO"
 
-function logging.setLogLevel(level)
+function logging.set(level)
 	loglevel=loglevels[level] and level or loglevel
 end
 
-logging.setLogLevel("INFO")
+---deprecated wrapper for logging.set, it is intentionally a wrapper instead of
+--an alias because LuaLS docs don't work without doing this
+---@deprecated user logging.set instead, more terse
+function logging.setLogLevel(level)
+	return logging.set(level)
+end
+
+logging.set("INFO")
 
 local function printLog(severity, ...)
 	if (loglevels[loglevel]) >= severity then