diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES b/RELEASE_NOTES
index dcb8fe156..fded98b30 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ Bugs fixed
 - Bug 1739 - The endpoint is not deallocated for UDP sockets
 - Bug 1786 - os << int64x64_t prints un-normalized fractional values
 - Bug 1787 - Runtime error when using AnimationInterface::EnablePacketMetadata() to fetch metadata of CSMA packet
+- Bug 1792 - Parameter logger constructor
 - Bug 1808 - FlowMon relies on IPv4's Identification field to trace packets
 - Bug 1821 - Setting an interface to Down state will cause various asserts in IPv6
 - Bug 1837 - AODV crashes when using multiple interfaces
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ Bugs fixed
 - Bug 1841 - FlowMonitor fails to install if IPv4 is not installed in the node
 - Bug 1846 - IPv6 should send Destination Unreachable if no route is available
 - Bug 1852 - cairo-wideint-private.h error cannot find definitions for fixed-width integral types
+- Bug 1853 - NS_LOG_FUNCTION broken on OSX 10.9
 - Bug 1855 - SixLowPanNetDevice is not correctly indexed
 
 Release 3.19
diff --git a/src/core/model/log.cc b/src/core/model/log.cc
index f595274e5..3ef941de0 100644
--- a/src/core/model/log.cc
+++ b/src/core/model/log.cc
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ LogComponent::IsNoneEnabled (void) const
   return m_levels == 0;
 }
 
-void 
+void
 LogComponent::Enable (enum LogLevel level)
 {
   m_levels |= level;
@@ -580,8 +580,7 @@ LogNodePrinter LogGetNodePrinter (void)
 
 
 ParameterLogger::ParameterLogger (std::ostream &os)
-  : std::basic_ostream<char> (os.rdbuf ()),  //!< \bugid{1792}
-    m_itemNumber (0),
+  : m_first (true),
     m_os (os)
 {
 }
diff --git a/src/core/model/log.h b/src/core/model/log.h
index c8d1a7f40..eec04be95 100644
--- a/src/core/model/log.h
+++ b/src/core/model/log.h
@@ -430,27 +430,44 @@ private:
   int32_t     m_levels;
   std::string m_name;
 };
-
+  
 class ParameterLogger : public std::ostream
+
+/**
+ * \ingroup logging
+ *
+ * Insert `, ' when streaming function arguments.
+ */
+class ParameterLogger
 {
-  int m_itemNumber;
-  std::ostream &m_os;
+  bool m_first;        //!< First argument flag, doesn't get `, '.
+  std::ostream &m_os;  //!< Underlying output stream.
 public:
+  /**
+   * Constructor.
+   *
+   * \param [in] os Underlying output stream.
+   */
   ParameterLogger (std::ostream &os);
 
+  /**
+   * Write a function parameter on the output stream,
+   * separating paramters after the first by `, ' strings.
+   *
+   * \param [in] param the function parameter
+   */
   template<typename T>
   ParameterLogger& operator<< (T param)
   {
-    switch (m_itemNumber)
+    if (m_first)
       {
-      case 0: // first parameter
         m_os << param;
-        break;
-      default: // parameter following a previous parameter
-        m_os << ", " << param;
-        break;
+        m_first = false;
+      }
+    else
+      {
+        m_os << ", " << param;
       }
-    m_itemNumber++;
     return *this;
   }
 };