Let f be an integrable function which has integral 0 on R n. What is the largest condition on |f | that guarantees that f is in the Hardy space H 1 (R n)? When f is compactly supported, it is well-known that it is necessary and sufficient that |f | belongs to L log L(R n). We are interested here in conditions at ∞. We do so for H 1 (R n), as well as for the Hardy space H log (R n) which appears in the study of pointwise products of functions in H 1 (R n) and in its dual BM O.