diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/http/HttpServer2.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/http/HttpServer2.java
index 47ca8419d66..3e2063ab682 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/http/HttpServer2.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/http/HttpServer2.java
@@ -1415,8 +1415,11 @@ public final class HttpServer2 implements FilterContainer {
 
     if (servletContext.getAttribute(ADMINS_ACL) != null &&
         !userHasAdministratorAccess(servletContext, remoteUser)) {
-      response.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN, "User "
-          + remoteUser + " is unauthorized to access this page.");
+      response.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN,
+          "Unauthenticated users are not " +
+              "authorized to access this page.");
+      LOG.warn("User " + remoteUser + " is unauthorized to access the page "
+          + request.getRequestURI() + ".");
       return false;
     }