diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 28bb895..54c4485 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ TeleBot supports the following filters:
 |name|argument(s)|Condition|
 |:---:|---| ---|
 |content_types|list of strings (default `['text']`)|`True` if message.content_type is in the list of strings.|
-|regexp|a regular expression as a string|`True` if `re.search(regexp_arg)` returns `True` and `message.content_type == 'text'`|
+|regexp|a regular expression as a string|`True` if `re.search(regexp_arg)` returns `True` and `message.content_type == 'text'` (See [Python Regular Expressions](https://docs.python.org/2/library/re.html)|
 |commands|list of strings|`True` if `message.content_type == 'text'` and `message.text` starts with a command that is in the list of strings.|
 |func|a function (lambda or function reference)|`True` if the lambda or function reference returns `True`
 
diff --git a/telebot/__init__.py b/telebot/__init__.py
index 435f1c8..6e9af53 100644
--- a/telebot/__init__.py
+++ b/telebot/__init__.py
@@ -4,10 +4,17 @@ from __future__ import print_function
 import threading
 import time
 import re
+import sys
 
 import logging
-logging.basicConfig()
-logger = logging.getLogger('Telebot')
+logger = logging.getLogger('TeleBot')
+formatter = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s (%(filename)s:%(lineno)d) %(levelname)s - %(name)s: "%(message)s"')
+
+ch = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stderr)
+ch.setFormatter(formatter)
+logger.addHandler(ch)
+
+logger.setLevel(logging.ERROR)
 
 from telebot import apihelper, types, util
 
@@ -72,7 +79,7 @@ class TeleBot:
                 self.last_update_id = update['update_id']
             msg = types.Message.de_json(update['message'])
             new_messages.append(msg)
-        logger.debug('GET %d new messages' % len(new_messages))
+        logger.debug('Received {} new messages'.format(len(new_messages)))
         if len(new_messages) > 0:
             self.process_new_messages(new_messages)
 
@@ -113,13 +120,13 @@ class TeleBot:
                 try:
                     time.sleep(.1)
                 except KeyboardInterrupt:
-                    logger.info("TeleBot: Received KeyboardInterrupt: Stopping")
+                    logger.info("Received KeyboardInterrupt. Stopping.")
                     self.stop_polling()
                     self.polling_thread.join()
                     break
 
     def __polling(self, none_stop, interval):
-        logger.info('TeleBot: Started polling.')
+        logger.info('Started polling.')
 
         error_interval = .25
         while not self.__stop_polling.wait(interval):
@@ -129,13 +136,13 @@ class TeleBot:
             except apihelper.ApiException as e:
                 if not none_stop:
                     self.__stop_polling.set()
-                    logger.info("TeleBot: Exception occurred. Stopping.")
+                    logger.info("Exception occurred. Stopping.")
                 else:
                     time.sleep(error_interval)
                     error_interval *= 2
                 logger.error(e)
 
-        logger.info('TeleBot: Stopped polling.')
+        logger.info('Stopped polling.')
 
     def stop_polling(self):
         self.__stop_polling.set()
diff --git a/telebot/apihelper.py b/telebot/apihelper.py
index 1c4625c..62ccfad 100644
--- a/telebot/apihelper.py
+++ b/telebot/apihelper.py
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ def _make_request(token, method_name, method='get', params=None, files=None):
     :return: The result parsed to a JSON dictionary.
     """
     request_url = telebot.API_URL + 'bot' + token + '/' + method_name
+    logger.debug("Request: method={} url={} params={} files={}".format(method, request_url, params, files))
     result = requests.request(method, request_url, params=params, files=files)
-    logger.debug(result.text)
+    logger.debug("The server returned: '{}'".format(result.text))
     return _check_result(method_name, result)['result']