diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index e91543fd1fa..09e665e9603 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ Release 0.23.1 - UNRELEASED
 
     HDFS-2654. Make BlockReaderLocal not extend RemoteBlockReader2. (eli)
 
+    HDFS-2675. Reduce warning verbosity when double-closing edit logs
+    (todd)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
     HDFS-2130. Switch default checksum to CRC32C. (todd)
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSEditLog.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSEditLog.java
index 82ad9d7ec73..2108dedb522 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSEditLog.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSEditLog.java
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ public class FSEditLog  {
    */
   synchronized void close() {
     if (state == State.CLOSED) {
-      LOG.warn("Closing log when already closed", new Exception());
+      LOG.debug("Closing log when already closed");
       return;
     }