diff --git a/watchdog/files/watchdog.conf b/watchdog/files/watchdog.conf
index 25e570f..4e09bde 100644
--- a/watchdog/files/watchdog.conf
+++ b/watchdog/files/watchdog.conf
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 
 #repair-binary          = /usr/sbin/repair
 #repair-timeout         =
+
 #test-binary            =
 #test-timeout           =
 
@@ -66,12 +67,21 @@
 {%- endif %}
 
 #logtick                = 1
+{%- if server.logtick is defined %}
+logtick                 = {{ server.logtick }}
+{%- endif %}
+
+# Please refer to:
+# http://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk/psc/watchdog/watchdog-configure.html#Verbosity
+# for logging and verbosity configuration info
 
 #log-dir                = /var/log/watchdog
 {%- if server.log_dir is defined %}
 log-dir                 = {{ server.log_dir }}
 {%- endif %}
 
+verbose                = {{ server.log_verbose|default('no') }}
+
 # This greatly decreases the chance that watchdog won't be scheduled before
 # your machine is really loaded
 #realtime                = yes
@@ -81,6 +91,9 @@
 
 # Check if rsyslogd is still running by enabling the following line
 #pidfile                = /var/run/rsyslogd.pid
+{%- if server.pidfile is defined %}
+pidfile                 = {{ server.pidfile }}
+{%- endif %}
 
 # Set the watchdog device timeout during startup.  If not set, the
 # default is driver-dependent.
diff --git a/watchdog/schemas/server.yaml b/watchdog/schemas/server.yaml
index 51c1881..8d1deaa 100644
--- a/watchdog/schemas/server.yaml
+++ b/watchdog/schemas/server.yaml
@@ -29,16 +29,41 @@
     description: |
       Explicit name of required kernel module. By default "softdog" will be used.
     type: string
+  logtick:
+    description: |
+        Option allows you to reduce the volume of periodic messages in syslog
+        by only reporting 1 out of N times, though the default is to report all.
+    type: integer
+    example: 1
+  log_verbose:
+    description: |
+        Possible options: yes/no. "Yes" sends all debug info to the syslog
+        and should be used for unusual cases only. It will generate a lot of
+        syslog traffic and it will be harder to find the real problem
+    type: string
+    example: no
+    enum: [yes, no]
   log_dir:
     description: |
-      Set the log directory to capture the standard output and standard error from repair-binary and test-binary execution
+      Set the log directory to capture the standard output and standard error
+      from repair-binary and test-binary execution
     type: string
     example: /var/log/watchdog
+  pidfile:
+    description: |
+      The watchdog daemon can be configured to check for the running of other
+      daemons by means of these PID files. When this test is enabled,
+      the watchdog tries to open the PID file and read the numeric value of
+      the PID from it, then it uses the kill() function to attempt to send
+      the null (zero) signal to this process to check it is running
+    type: string
+    example: /var/run/rsyslogd.pid
   realtime:
     description: |
       If set to yes watchdog will lock itself into memory so it is never swapped out
     type: string
     example: yes
+    enum: [yes, no]
   timeout:
     description: |
       Seting "watchdog-timer" config parameter placed in /etc/watchdog.conf