diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 8f6500cbe3ccf176fb34d8ab71a40abb539da5d3..a150c50e43eb7b7ccd9b70c9a2cd0ebab0ce5666 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 UNRELEASED (2015-06-??)
 
-    [syslog] Have filter-syslog ignore some systemd log messages. (adamhl)
+    [syslog] Have filter-syslog ignore some systemd log messages; fix an
+    @-template deprecation warning (adamhl)
 
 release/004.045 (2015-06-02)
 
diff --git a/templates/syslog/etc/rsyslog.d/95-default.conf.erb b/templates/syslog/etc/rsyslog.d/95-default.conf.erb
index c0b207282a6937c008db7ed3d7edc8e4064618e2..ffb21fd32eb158bdb563b8913fed7469936cd72b 100644
--- a/templates/syslog/etc/rsyslog.d/95-default.conf.erb
+++ b/templates/syslog/etc/rsyslog.d/95-default.conf.erb
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
                template = "FileFormat")
 *.debug action(type = "omfwd"
                name     = "defaultRemote"
-               Target   = "<%= syslog_server %>"
+               Target   = "<%= @syslog_server %>"
                Port     = "10514"
                Protocol = "tcp"
                queue.Type           = "LinkedList"