diff --git a/logwatch/manifests/init.pp b/logwatch/manifests/init.pp
index 05e4341..f1b33be 100644
--- a/logwatch/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/logwatch/manifests/init.pp
@@ -2,9 +2,13 @@
 #
 # === Global variables
 #
-#   $logwatch_mailto
+#   $logwatch_mailto:
 #       Logwatch mail recipient.
 #
+#   $logwatch_level:
+#       Logwatch detail level for report. Valid values are
+#       from 0 to 10.
+#
 class logwatch {
 
     case $::kernel {
@@ -18,15 +22,13 @@ class logwatch {
         }
     }
 
-    if $logwatch_mailto {
-        file { "/etc/logwatch/conf/logwatch.conf":
-            ensure  => present,
-            mode    => "0644",
-            owner   => "root",
-            group   => "root",
-            content => "MailTo = ${logwatch_mailto}\n",
-            require => Package["logwatch"],
-        }
+    file { "/etc/logwatch/conf/logwatch.conf":
+        ensure  => present,
+        content => template("logwatch/logwatch.conf.erb"),
+        mode    => "0644",
+        owner   => "root",
+        group   => "root",
+        require => Package["logwatch"],
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/logwatch/templates/logwatch.conf.erb b/logwatch/templates/logwatch.conf.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab25923
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logwatch/templates/logwatch.conf.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# autogenerated by puppet
+<% if @logwatch_mailto -%>
+MailTo = <%= @logwatch_mailto %>
+<% end -%>
+<% if @logwatch_level -%>
+Detail = <%= @logwatch_level %>
+<% end -%>