diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index 6558e40e187..204c3380a78 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1064,6 +1064,8 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     YARN-4298. Fix findbugs warnings in hadoop-yarn-common.
     (Sunil G via aajisaka)
 
+    YARN-4387. Fix typo in FairScheduler log message. (Xin Wang via ozawa)
+
 Release 2.7.3 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/FairScheduler.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/FairScheduler.java
index f1839f548fb..04977a66899 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/FairScheduler.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/FairScheduler.java
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ public class FairScheduler extends
         // containers on the RMNode (see SchedulerNode.releaseContainer()).
         completedContainer(container, status, RMContainerEventType.KILL);
         LOG.info("Killing container" + container +
-            " (after waiting for premption for " +
+            " (after waiting for preemption for " +
             (getClock().getTime() - time) + "ms)");
       }
     } else {