diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index eaa37a18f37..858ac0589ad 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ Release 2.7.0 - UNRELEASED
     MAPREDUCE-5932. Provide an option to use a dedicated reduce-side shuffle
     log (Gera Shegalov via jlowe)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-6046. Change the class name for logs in RMCommunicator
+    (Sahil Takiar via devaraj)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
     MAPREDUCE-6169. MergeQueue should release reference to the current item 
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/rm/RMCommunicator.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/rm/RMCommunicator.java
index cd4e272e60f..5d4fa12ead2 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/rm/RMCommunicator.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/rm/RMCommunicator.java
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.proto.YarnServiceProtos.SchedulerResourceTypes;
  */
 public abstract class RMCommunicator extends AbstractService
     implements RMHeartbeatHandler {
-  private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(RMContainerAllocator.class);
+  private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(RMCommunicator.class);
   private int rmPollInterval;//millis
   protected ApplicationId applicationId;
   private final AtomicBoolean stopped;