diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index b6c19964c3c..61972a3d5f8 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -3050,6 +3050,9 @@ Release 0.23.8 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
 
+    HDFS-4714. Log short messages in Namenode RPC server for exceptions 
+    meant for clients. (kihwal)
+
   NEW FEATURES
 
   IMPROVEMENTS
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NameNodeRpcServer.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NameNodeRpcServer.java
index fb988720bbc..6a535ad29de 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NameNodeRpcServer.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NameNodeRpcServer.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.HdfsConstants.MAX_PATH_DEPTH;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.HdfsConstants.MAX_PATH_LENGTH;
 
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -32,13 +33,17 @@
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.hadoop.HadoopIllegalArgumentException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.CommonConfigurationKeys;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.ContentSummary;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.CreateFlag;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileAlreadyExistsException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FsServerDefaults;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.InvalidPathException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Options;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.ParentNotDirectoryException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.UnresolvedLinkException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.permission.FsPermission;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.permission.PermissionStatus;
@@ -51,6 +56,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.HDFSPolicyProvider;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.AlreadyBeingCreatedException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.BlockListAsLongs;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.CorruptFileBlocks;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.DatanodeID;
@@ -64,6 +70,8 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.HdfsFileStatus;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.LocatedBlock;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.LocatedBlocks;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.QuotaExceededException;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.RecoveryInProgressException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.SnapshottableDirectoryStatus;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.UnregisteredNodeException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.UnresolvedPathException;
@@ -287,7 +295,18 @@ public NameNodeRpcServer(Configuration conf, NameNode nn)
         DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_MIN_SUPPORTED_DATANODE_VERSION_DEFAULT);
 
     // Set terse exception whose stack trace won't be logged
-    clientRpcServer.addTerseExceptions(SafeModeException.class);
+    clientRpcServer.addTerseExceptions(SafeModeException.class,
+        FileNotFoundException.class,
+        HadoopIllegalArgumentException.class,
+        FileAlreadyExistsException.class,
+        InvalidPathException.class,
+        ParentNotDirectoryException.class,
+        UnresolvedLinkException.class,
+        AlreadyBeingCreatedException.class,
+        QuotaExceededException.class,
+        RecoveryInProgressException.class,
+        AccessControlException.class,
+        InvalidToken.class);
  }
   
   /**