diff --git a/_examples/logging/main.go b/_examples/logging/main.go
index 3d090e07..44649999 100644
--- a/_examples/logging/main.go
+++ b/_examples/logging/main.go
@@ -1,141 +1,9 @@
-// This example demonstrates how to use middleware.RequestLogger,
-// middleware.LogFormatter and middleware.LogEntry to build a structured
-// logger using the preview version of the new log/slog package as the logging
-// backend.
-//
-// Also: check out https://github.com/goware/httplog for an improved context
-// logger with support for HTTP request logging, based on the example below.
 package main
 
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"net/http"
-	"os"
-	"time"
-
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
-
-	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
-	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5/middleware"
-)
+// Please see https://github.com/go-chi/httplog for a complete package
+// and example for writing a structured logger on chi built on
+// the Go 1.21+ "log/slog" package.
 
 func main() {
-	// Setup a JSON handler for the new log/slog library
-	slogJSONHandler := slog.HandlerOptions{
-		// Remove default time slog.Attr, we create our own later
-		ReplaceAttr: func(groups []string, a slog.Attr) slog.Attr {
-			if a.Key == slog.TimeKey {
-				return slog.Attr{}
-			}
-			return a
-		},
-	}.NewJSONHandler(os.Stdout)
-
-	// Routes
-	r := chi.NewRouter()
-	r.Use(middleware.RequestID)
-	r.Use(NewStructuredLogger(slogJSONHandler))
-	r.Use(middleware.Recoverer)
-
-	r.Get("/", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		w.Write([]byte("welcome"))
-	})
-	r.Get("/wait", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
-		LogEntrySetField(r, "wait", true)
-		w.Write([]byte("hi"))
-	})
-	r.Get("/panic", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		panic("oops")
-	})
-	r.Get("/add_fields", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		LogEntrySetFields(r, map[string]interface{}{"foo": "bar", "bar": "foo"})
-	})
-	http.ListenAndServe(":3333", r)
-}
-
-// StructuredLogger is a simple, but powerful implementation of a custom structured
-// logger backed on log/slog. I encourage users to copy it, adapt it and make it their
-// own. Also take a look at https://github.com/go-chi/httplog for a dedicated pkg based
-// on this work, designed for context-based http routers.
-
-func NewStructuredLogger(handler slog.Handler) func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
-	return middleware.RequestLogger(&StructuredLogger{Logger: handler})
-}
-
-type StructuredLogger struct {
-	Logger slog.Handler
-}
-
-func (l *StructuredLogger) NewLogEntry(r *http.Request) middleware.LogEntry {
-	var logFields []slog.Attr
-	logFields = append(logFields, slog.String("ts", time.Now().UTC().Format(time.RFC1123)))
-
-	if reqID := middleware.GetReqID(r.Context()); reqID != "" {
-		logFields = append(logFields, slog.String("req_id", reqID))
-	}
-
-	scheme := "http"
-	if r.TLS != nil {
-		scheme = "https"
-	}
-
-	handler := l.Logger.WithAttrs(append(logFields,
-		slog.String("http_scheme", scheme),
-		slog.String("http_proto", r.Proto),
-		slog.String("http_method", r.Method),
-		slog.String("remote_addr", r.RemoteAddr),
-		slog.String("user_agent", r.UserAgent()),
-		slog.String("uri", fmt.Sprintf("%s://%s%s", scheme, r.Host, r.RequestURI))))
-
-	entry := StructuredLoggerEntry{Logger: slog.New(handler)}
-
-	entry.Logger.LogAttrs(slog.LevelInfo, "request started")
-
-	return &entry
-}
-
-type StructuredLoggerEntry struct {
-	Logger *slog.Logger
-}
-
-func (l *StructuredLoggerEntry) Write(status, bytes int, header http.Header, elapsed time.Duration, extra interface{}) {
-	l.Logger.LogAttrs(slog.LevelInfo, "request complete",
-		slog.Int("resp_status", status),
-		slog.Int("resp_byte_length", bytes),
-		slog.Float64("resp_elapsed_ms", float64(elapsed.Nanoseconds())/1000000.0),
-	)
-}
-
-func (l *StructuredLoggerEntry) Panic(v interface{}, stack []byte) {
-	l.Logger.LogAttrs(slog.LevelInfo, "",
-		slog.String("stack", string(stack)),
-		slog.String("panic", fmt.Sprintf("%+v", v)),
-	)
-}
-
-// Helper methods used by the application to get the request-scoped
-// logger entry and set additional fields between handlers.
-//
-// This is a useful pattern to use to set state on the entry as it
-// passes through the handler chain, which at any point can be logged
-// with a call to .Print(), .Info(), etc.
-
-func GetLogEntry(r *http.Request) *slog.Logger {
-	entry := middleware.GetLogEntry(r).(*StructuredLoggerEntry)
-	return entry.Logger
-}
-
-func LogEntrySetField(r *http.Request, key string, value interface{}) {
-	if entry, ok := r.Context().Value(middleware.LogEntryCtxKey).(*StructuredLoggerEntry); ok {
-		entry.Logger = entry.Logger.With(key, value)
-	}
-}
-
-func LogEntrySetFields(r *http.Request, fields map[string]interface{}) {
-	if entry, ok := r.Context().Value(middleware.LogEntryCtxKey).(*StructuredLoggerEntry); ok {
-		for k, v := range fields {
-			entry.Logger = entry.Logger.With(k, v)
-		}
-	}
+	// See https://github.com/go-chi/httplog/blob/master/_example/main.go
 }