=item openlog $ident, $logopt, $facility
+Opens the syslog.
I<$ident> is prepended to every message. I<$logopt> contains zero or
more of the words I<pid>, I<ndelay>, I<nowait>. The cons option is
ignored, since the failover mechanism will drop down to the console
automatically if all other media fail. I<$facility> specifies the
part of the system to report about, for example LOG_USER or LOG_LOCAL0:
see your C<syslog(3)> documentation for the facilities available in
-your system.
+your system. This function will croak if it can't connect to the syslog
+daemon.
B<You should use openlog() before calling syslog().>