diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index 2f9146f9e4d..0023635204a 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -143,6 +143,9 @@ Release 2.0.3-alpha - Unreleased
     YARN-271. Fair scheduler hits IllegalStateException trying to reserve
     different apps on same node. (Sandy Ryza via tomwhite)
 
+    YARN-272. Fair scheduler log messages try to print objects without 
+    overridden toString methods. (sandyr via tucu)
+
 Release 2.0.2-alpha - 2012-09-07 
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/impl/pb/PriorityPBImpl.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/impl/pb/PriorityPBImpl.java
index 9a3f9bb2c95..3c67d66d3af 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/impl/pb/PriorityPBImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/impl/pb/PriorityPBImpl.java
@@ -61,5 +61,10 @@ public class PriorityPBImpl extends Priority {
     maybeInitBuilder();
     builder.setPriority((priority));
   }
+  
+  @Override
+  public String toString() {
+    return Integer.valueOf(getPriority()).toString();
+  }
 
 }  
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmcontainer/RMContainerImpl.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmcontainer/RMContainerImpl.java
index de66f583e2a..69ac6012eb8 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmcontainer/RMContainerImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmcontainer/RMContainerImpl.java
@@ -198,6 +198,11 @@ public class RMContainerImpl implements RMContainer {
     return reservedPriority;
   }
   
+  @Override
+  public String toString() {
+    return containerId.toString();
+  }
+  
   @Override
   public void handle(RMContainerEvent event) {
     LOG.debug("Processing " + event.getContainerId() + " of type " + event.getType());
@@ -221,7 +226,7 @@ public class RMContainerImpl implements RMContainer {
       writeLock.unlock();
     }
   }
-
+  
   private static class BaseTransition implements
       SingleArcTransition<RMContainerImpl, RMContainerEvent> {