diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index ec7e0848890..bf4284a7dda 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1489,6 +1489,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-11098. [JDK8] Max Non Heap Memory default changed between JDK7
     and 8 (ozawa).
 
+    HDFS-9151. Mover should print the exit status/reason on console like
+    balancer tool. (Surendra singh lilhore via vinayakumarb)
+
 Release 2.7.2 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/mover/Mover.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/mover/Mover.java
index 1e07cad69b6..d9ac0baa44d 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/mover/Mover.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/mover/Mover.java
@@ -592,12 +592,23 @@ static int run(Map<URI, List<Path>> namenodes, Configuration conf)
             IOUtils.cleanup(LOG, nnc);
             iter.remove();
           } else if (r != ExitStatus.IN_PROGRESS) {
+            if (r == ExitStatus.NO_MOVE_PROGRESS) {
+              System.err.println("Failed to move some blocks after "
+                  + m.retryMaxAttempts + " retries. Exiting...");
+            } else if (r == ExitStatus.NO_MOVE_BLOCK) {
+              System.err.println("Some blocks can't be moved. Exiting...");
+            } else {
+              System.err.println("Mover failed. Exiting with status " + r
+                  + "... ");
+            }
             // must be an error statue, return
             return r.getExitCode();
           }
         }
         Thread.sleep(sleeptime);
       }
+      System.out.println("Mover Successful: all blocks satisfy"
+          + " the specified storage policy. Exiting...");
       return ExitStatus.SUCCESS.getExitCode();
     } finally {
       for (NameNodeConnector nnc : connectors) {