diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index caee5e865ea..9d02288ea40 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ Release 2.0.3-alpha - Unreleased
 
     HDFS-4110. Refine a log printed in JNStorage. (Liang Xie via suresh)
 
+    HDFS-4153. Add START_MSG/SHUTDOWN_MSG for JournalNode. (liang xie via atm)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
   BUG FIXES 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/server/JournalNode.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/server/JournalNode.java
index e70f4690efc..91629d930c9 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/server/JournalNode.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/server/JournalNode.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.io.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.metrics2.lib.DefaultMetricsSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.metrics2.source.JvmMetrics;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.SecurityUtil;
+import org.apache.hadoop.util.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.Tool;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.ToolRunner;
 
@@ -230,6 +231,7 @@ public class JournalNode implements Tool, Configurable {
   }
 
   public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+    StringUtils.startupShutdownMessage(JournalNode.class, args, LOG);
     System.exit(ToolRunner.run(new JournalNode(), args));
   }
 }