diff --git a/etc/proxy-server.conf-sample b/etc/proxy-server.conf-sample
index 0a3de342cb..d290ea78b2 100644
--- a/etc/proxy-server.conf-sample
+++ b/etc/proxy-server.conf-sample
@@ -1029,7 +1029,7 @@ use = egg:swift#proxy_logging
 #
 # What HTTP methods are allowed for StatsD logging (comma-sep); request methods
 # not in this list will have "BAD_METHOD" for the <verb> portion of the metric.
-# log_statsd_valid_http_methods = GET,HEAD,POST,PUT,DELETE,COPY,OPTIONS
+# log_statsd_valid_http_methods = GET,HEAD,POST,PUT,DELETE,COPY,OPTIONS,UPDATE
 #
 # Hashing algorithm for log anonymization. Must be one of algorithms supported
 # by Python's hashlib.
diff --git a/swift/common/middleware/proxy_logging.py b/swift/common/middleware/proxy_logging.py
index 330adb7624..f4d2bc6ff9 100644
--- a/swift/common/middleware/proxy_logging.py
+++ b/swift/common/middleware/proxy_logging.py
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class ProxyLoggingMiddleware(object):
         self.valid_methods = conf.get(
             'access_log_statsd_valid_http_methods',
             conf.get('log_statsd_valid_http_methods',
-                     'GET,HEAD,POST,PUT,DELETE,COPY,OPTIONS'))
+                     'GET,HEAD,POST,PUT,DELETE,COPY,OPTIONS,UPDATE'))
         self.valid_methods = [m.strip().upper() for m in
                               self.valid_methods.split(',') if m.strip()]
         access_log_conf = {}