diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/job/impl/JobImpl.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/job/impl/JobImpl.java
index 5ed07622efe..d17a5710396 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/job/impl/JobImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/job/impl/JobImpl.java
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ public class JobImpl implements org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.v2.app.job.Job,
       }
       //notify the eventhandler of state change
       if (oldState != getInternalState()) {
-        LOG.info(jobId + "Job Transitioned from " + oldState + " to "
+        LOG.info(jobId + " Job Transitioned from " + oldState + " to "
                  + getInternalState());
         rememberLastNonFinalState(oldState);
       }