diff --git a/doc/source/logs.rst b/doc/source/logs.rst
index e9c3355c55..b71939ae3d 100644
--- a/doc/source/logs.rst
+++ b/doc/source/logs.rst
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ TA                      :ref:`common_tempauth`
 DLO                     :ref:`dynamic-large-objects`
 LE                      :ref:`list_endpoints`
 KS                      :ref:`keystoneauth`
+RL                      :ref:`ratelimit`
 ======================= =============================
 
 
diff --git a/doc/source/ratelimit.rst b/doc/source/ratelimit.rst
index a54bb5bbf3..91b5953ea2 100644
--- a/doc/source/ratelimit.rst
+++ b/doc/source/ratelimit.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. _ratelimit:
+
 =============
 Rate Limiting
 =============
diff --git a/swift/common/middleware/ratelimit.py b/swift/common/middleware/ratelimit.py
index c38cc3a697..f688205c5d 100644
--- a/swift/common/middleware/ratelimit.py
+++ b/swift/common/middleware/ratelimit.py
@@ -232,7 +232,8 @@ class RateLimitMiddleware(object):
             return None
 
         try:
-            account_info = get_account_info(req.environ, self.app)
+            account_info = get_account_info(req.environ, self.app,
+                                            swift_source='RL')
             account_global_ratelimit = \
                 account_info.get('sysmeta', {}).get('global-write-ratelimit')
         except ValueError: