diff --git a/lib/Cake/Log/Engine/BaseLog.php b/lib/Cake/Log/Engine/BaseLog.php
index fb66e4ec271..e4a34e5418c 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Log/Engine/BaseLog.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Log/Engine/BaseLog.php
@@ -27,36 +27,59 @@ abstract class BaseLog implements LogInterface {
  *
  * @var string
  */
-	protected $_config = array();
+	protected $_config = [];
 
 /**
  * __construct method
  *
  * @return void
  */
-	public function __construct($config = array()) {
+	public function __construct(array $config = []) {
 		$this->config($config);
 	}
 
 /**
  * Sets instance config.  When $config is null, returns config array
  *
- * Config
+ * ### Options
  *
- * - `types` string or array, levels the engine is interested in
+ * - `levels` string or array, levels the engine is interested in
  * - `scopes` string or array, scopes the engine is interested in
  *
- * @param array $config engine configuration
- * @return array
+ * @param array|null $config Either an array of configuration, or null to get
+ *    current configuration.
+ * @return array Array of configuration options.
  */
-	public function config($config = array()) {
-		if (!empty($config)) {
-			if (isset($config['types']) && is_string($config['types'])) {
-				$config['types'] = array($config['types']);
-			}
-			$this->_config = $config;
+	public function config($config = null) {
+		if (empty($config)) {
+			return $this->_config;
+		}
+		$config += ['levels' => [], 'scopes' => []];
+		$config['scopes'] = (array)$config['scopes'];
+		$config['levels'] = (array)$config['levels'];
+		if (isset($config['types']) && empty($config['levels'])) {
+			$config['levels'] = $config['types'];
 		}
+		$this->_config = $config;
 		return $this->_config;
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Get the levls this logger is interested in.
+ *
+ * @return array
+ */
+	public function levels() {
+		return isset($this->_config['levels']) ? $this->_config['levels'] : [];
+	}
+
+/**
+ * Get the scopes this logger is interested in.
+ *
+ * @return array
+ */
+	public function scopes() {
+		return isset($this->_config['scopes']) ? $this->_config['scopes'] : [];
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Log/Engine/FileLog.php b/lib/Cake/Log/Engine/FileLog.php
index 5a632fec3aa..e283083002e 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Log/Engine/FileLog.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Log/Engine/FileLog.php
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 <?php
 /**
- * File Storage stream for Logging
- *
- * PHP 5
- *
  * CakePHP(tm) :  Rapid Development Framework (http://cakephp.org)
  * Copyright 2005-2012, Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org)
  *
@@ -16,14 +12,14 @@
  * @since         CakePHP(tm) v 1.3
  * @license       MIT License (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php)
  */
-
 namespace Cake\Log\Engine;
+
 use Cake\Log\Engine\BaseLog;
 use Cake\Utility\Hash;
 
 /**
  * File Storage stream for Logging.  Writes logs to different files
- * based on the type of log it is.
+ * based on the level of log it is.
  *
  * @package       Cake.Log.Engine
  */
@@ -48,7 +44,7 @@ class FileLog extends BaseLog {
  *
  * Config
  *
- * - `types` string or array, levels the engine is interested in
+ * - `levels` string or array, levels the engine is interested in
  * - `scopes` string or array, scopes the engine is interested in
  * - `file` log file name
  * - `path` the path to save logs on.
@@ -60,10 +56,11 @@ public function __construct($config = array()) {
 		$config = Hash::merge(array(
 			'path' => LOGS,
 			'file' => null,
-			'types' => null,
+			'levels' => null,
 			'scopes' => array(),
 			), $this->_config);
 		$config = $this->config($config);
+
 		$this->_path = $config['path'];
 		$this->_file = $config['file'];
 		if (!empty($this->_file) && !preg_match('/\.log$/', $this->_file)) {
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Log/Log.php b/lib/Cake/Log/Log.php
index 3721297d64c..9b109660d8c 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Log/Log.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Log/Log.php
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 use Cake\Core\Configure;
 use Cake\Error;
 use Cake\Log\Engine\BaseLog;
-use Cake\Log\Engine\FileLog;
 
 /**
  * Logs messages to configured Log adapters.  One or more adapters
@@ -363,13 +362,8 @@ public static function write($level, $message, $scope = array()) {
 			$logger = static::$_Collection->{$streamName};
 			$levels = $scopes = null;
 			if ($logger instanceof BaseLog) {
-				$config = $logger->config();
-				if (isset($config['types'])) {
-					$levels = $config['types'];
-				}
-				if (isset($config['scopes'])) {
-					$scopes = $config['scopes'];
-				}
+				$levels = $logger->levels();
+				$scopes = $logger->scopes();
 			}
 			$correctLevel = (
 				empty($levels) ||
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/TestApp/Log/Engine/TestAppLog.php b/lib/Cake/Test/TestApp/Log/Engine/TestAppLog.php
index 521184ec56f..11c86d32e73 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/TestApp/Log/Engine/TestAppLog.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/TestApp/Log/Engine/TestAppLog.php
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 <?php
 /**
- * Test Suite Test App Logging stream class.
- *
- * PHP 5
- *
  * CakePHP(tm) Tests <http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/development/testing.html>
  * Copyright 2005-2012, Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org)
  *
@@ -17,9 +13,12 @@
  * @license       MIT License (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php)
  */
 namespace TestApp\Log\Engine;
-use Cake\Log\LogInterface;
+
 use Cake\Log\Engine\BaseLog;
 
+/**
+ * Test Suite Test App Logging stream class.
+ */
 class TestAppLog extends BaseLog {
 
 	public function write($type, $message) {
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/TestApp/Plugin/TestPlugin/Log/Engine/TestPluginLog.php b/lib/Cake/Test/TestApp/Plugin/TestPlugin/Log/Engine/TestPluginLog.php
index f3b905b9663..c07090da268 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/TestApp/Plugin/TestPlugin/Log/Engine/TestPluginLog.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/TestApp/Plugin/TestPlugin/Log/Engine/TestPluginLog.php
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 <?php
 /**
- * Test Suite Test Plugin Logging stream class.
- *
- * PHP 5
- *
  * CakePHP(tm) Tests <http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/development/testing.html>
  * Copyright 2005-2012, Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org)
  *
@@ -16,10 +12,13 @@
  * @since         CakePHP(tm) v 1.3
  * @license       MIT License (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php)
  */
-
 namespace TestPlugin\Log\Engine;
+
 use Cake\Log\LogInterface;
 
+/**
+ * Test Suite Test Plugin Logging stream class.
+ */
 class TestPluginLog implements LogInterface {
 
 	public function write($type, $message) {