diff --git a/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementLogWorkflow.php b/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementLogWorkflow.php
index a2b8852550..0701678ad1 100644
--- a/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementLogWorkflow.php
+++ b/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementLogWorkflow.php
@@ -1,92 +1,102 @@
 <?php
 
 final class PhabricatorDaemonManagementLogWorkflow
   extends PhabricatorDaemonManagementWorkflow {
 
   public function didConstruct() {
     $this
       ->setName('log')
       ->setExamples('**log** [__options__]')
       ->setSynopsis(
         pht(
           'Print the logs for all daemons, or some daemon(s) identified by '.
           'ID. You can get the ID for a daemon from the Daemon Console in '.
           'the web interface.'))
       ->setArguments(
         array(
           array(
             'name'    => 'id',
             'param'   => 'id',
             'help'    => 'Show logs for daemon(s) with given ID(s).',
             'repeat'  => true,
           ),
           array(
             'name'    => 'limit',
             'param'   => 'N',
             'default' => 100,
             'help'    => 'Show a specific number of log messages '.
                          '(default 100).',
           ),
         ));
   }
 
   public function execute(PhutilArgumentParser $args) {
 
     $query = id(new PhabricatorDaemonLogQuery())
       ->setViewer($this->getViewer())
       ->setAllowStatusWrites(true);
     $ids = $args->getArg('id');
     if ($ids) {
       $query->withIDs($ids);
     }
     $daemons = $query->execute();
 
     if (!$daemons) {
       if ($ids) {
         throw new PhutilArgumentUsageException(
           pht('No daemon(s) with id(s) "%s" exist!', implode(', ', $ids)));
       } else {
         throw new PhutilArgumentUsageException(
           pht('No daemons are running.'));
       }
     }
 
     $console = PhutilConsole::getConsole();
+
+    $limit = $args->getArg('limit');
+
     $logs = id(new PhabricatorDaemonLogEvent())->loadAllWhere(
-      'logID IN (%Ld) ORDER BY id ASC',
-      mpull($daemons, 'getID'));
+      'logID IN (%Ld) ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT %d',
+      mpull($daemons, 'getID'),
+      $limit);
+    $logs = array_reverse($logs);
 
     $lines = array();
     foreach ($logs as $log) {
       $text_lines = phutil_split_lines($log->getMessage(), $retain = false);
       foreach ($text_lines as $line) {
         $lines[] = array(
           'id' => $log->getLogID(),
           'type' => $log->getLogType(),
           'date' => $log->getEpoch(),
           'data' => $line,
         );
       }
     }
 
+    // Each log message may be several lines. Limit the number of lines we
+    // output so that `--limit 123` means "show 123 lines", which is the most
+    // easily understandable behavior.
+    $lines = array_slice($lines, -$limit);
+
     foreach ($lines as $line) {
       $id = $line['id'];
       $type = $line['type'];
       $data = $line['data'];
       $date = date('r', $line['date']);
 
       $console->writeOut(
         "%s\n",
         sprintf(
           'Daemon %d %s [%s] %s',
           $id,
           $type,
           $date,
           $data));
     }
 
     return 0;
   }
 
 
 }