diff --git a/mlserver/settings.py b/mlserver/settings.py
index 430a3033e..4d631c5a8 100644
--- a/mlserver/settings.py
+++ b/mlserver/settings.py
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ class Config:
 
     # Logging settings
     use_structured_logging: bool = False
-    """Use JSON-formatted structured logging instead of default human-readable format."""
+    """Use JSON-formatted structured logging instead of default format."""
     logging_settings: Optional[Union[str, Dict]] = None
     """Path to logging config file or dictionary configuration."""
 
diff --git a/tests/test_logging.py b/tests/test_logging.py
index fcf7c7ed7..26d41980d 100644
--- a/tests/test_logging.py
+++ b/tests/test_logging.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import pytest
+import json
+
 
 from mlserver import ModelSettings
 from mlserver.context import model_context
@@ -108,6 +110,7 @@ def test_model_logging_formatter_structured(
         logger.info("Inside model context")
     logger.info("After model context")
 
+    _ = [json.loads(lr) for lr in caplog.text.strip().split("\n")]
     log_records = caplog.get_records("call")
     assert len(log_records) == 3