diff --git a/ansible/roles/podman/templates/zomboid/logrotate.j2 b/ansible/roles/podman/templates/zomboid/logrotate.j2
index 0908b6c..e62cacf 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/podman/templates/zomboid/logrotate.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/podman/templates/zomboid/logrotate.j2
@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@
 {{ zomboid_path }}/data/server-console.txt
 {{ zomboid_path }}/data/Logs/*.txt
 {
+    # size, not a time directive: logrotate's daily timer is when this is
+    # *checked*, 100M is when it actually rotates. Specifying both makes
+    # logrotate warn that size overrides daily.
     copytruncate
-    daily
     size 100M
     rotate 3
     compress