diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index de9ebc04cc3..2d4beb4d5f8 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ Release 0.23-PB - Unreleased
 
     HADOOP-7913 Fix bug in ProtoBufRpcEngine  (sanjay)
 
+    HADOOP-7892. IPC logs too verbose after "RpcKind" introduction (todd)
+
 Release 0.23.1 - Unreleased
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/Server.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/Server.java
index dc89f8d6aa0..b70afc6b4db 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/Server.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/Server.java
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ public abstract class Server {
       throw new IllegalArgumentException("ReRegistration of rpcKind: " +
           rpcKind);      
     }
-    LOG.info("rpcKind=" + rpcKind + 
+    LOG.debug("rpcKind=" + rpcKind + 
         ", rpcRequestWrapperClass=" + rpcRequestWrapperClass + 
         ", rpcInvoker=" + rpcInvoker);
   }