diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/client/IPCLoggerChannel.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/client/IPCLoggerChannel.java
index 324747618ae..3a882e5e61b 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/client/IPCLoggerChannel.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/client/IPCLoggerChannel.java
@@ -492,6 +492,10 @@ public class IPCLoggerChannel implements AsyncLogger {
     Preconditions.checkArgument(size >= 0);
     if (queuedEditsSizeBytes + size > queueSizeLimitBytes &&
         queuedEditsSizeBytes > 0) {
+      QuorumJournalManager.LOG.warn("Pending edits to " + IPCLoggerChannel.this
+          + " is going to exceed limit size: " + queueSizeLimitBytes
+          + ", current queued edits size: " + queuedEditsSizeBytes
+          + ", will silently drop " + size + " bytes of edits!");
       throw new LoggerTooFarBehindException();
     }
     queuedEditsSizeBytes += size;