diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index 0782160d39c..de77619d06a 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ Release 0.23.1 - Unreleased
     MAPREDUCE-3341. Enhance logging of initalized queue limit values.
     (Anupam Seth via mahadev)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-3243. Invalid tracking URL for streaming jobs (Jonathan Eagles 
+    via mahadev)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
   BUG FIXES
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/src/contrib/streaming/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/streaming/StreamJob.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/src/contrib/streaming/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/streaming/StreamJob.java
index b68e73e34bb..2da171aecf6 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/src/contrib/streaming/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/streaming/StreamJob.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/src/contrib/streaming/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/streaming/StreamJob.java
@@ -984,19 +984,6 @@ public class StreamJob implements Tool {
     return jobConf_.get(JTConfig.JT_IPC_ADDRESS);
   }
 
-  protected void jobInfo() {
-    if (isLocalHadoop()) {
-      LOG.info("Job running in-process (local Hadoop)");
-    } else {
-      String hp = getJobTrackerHostPort();
-      LOG.info("To kill this job, run:");
-      LOG.info(getHadoopClientHome() + "/bin/hadoop job  -D" + JTConfig.JT_IPC_ADDRESS + "=" + hp + " -kill "
-               + jobId_);
-      //LOG.info("Job file: " + running_.getJobFile());
-      LOG.info("Tracking URL: " + StreamUtil.qualifyHost(running_.getTrackingURL()));
-    }
-  }
-
   // Based on JobClient
   public int submitAndMonitorJob() throws IOException {
 
@@ -1012,7 +999,6 @@ public class StreamJob implements Tool {
     try {
       running_ = jc_.submitJob(jobConf_);
       jobId_ = running_.getID();
-      jobInfo();
       if (background_) {
         LOG.info("Job is running in background.");
       } else if (!jc_.monitorAndPrintJob(jobConf_, running_)) {