diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index 81d5707e4f1..832efeec4ae 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ Trunk - Unreleased
     YARN-2472. yarn-daemons.sh should jsut call yarn directly (Masatake Iwasaki
     via aw)
 
+    YARN-2437. start-yarn.sh/stop-yarn should give info (Varun Saxena via aw)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
   BUG FIXES
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/bin/start-yarn.sh b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/bin/start-yarn.sh
index f44b1997232..8cd5b540b3d 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/bin/start-yarn.sh
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/bin/start-yarn.sh
@@ -42,8 +42,10 @@ else
 fi
 
 # start resourceManager
+echo "Starting resourcemanager" 
 "${HADOOP_YARN_HOME}/bin/yarn" --config "${YARN_CONF_DIR}" --daemon start resourcemanager
 # start nodeManager
+echo "Starting nodemanagers" 
 "${bin}/yarn-daemons.sh" --config "${YARN_CONF_DIR}"  start nodemanager
 # start proxyserver
 #"${HADOOP_YARN_HOME}/bin/yarn" --config "${YARN_CONF_DIR}" --daemon start proxyserver
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/bin/stop-yarn.sh b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/bin/stop-yarn.sh
index c807f52097a..e356e404fe3 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/bin/stop-yarn.sh
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/bin/stop-yarn.sh
@@ -43,9 +43,11 @@ else
   exit 1
 fi
 
-# start resourceManager
+# stop resourceManager
+echo "Stopping resourcemanager"
 "${HADOOP_YARN_HOME}/bin/yarn" --config "${YARN_CONF_DIR}" --daemon stop resourcemanager
-# start nodeManager
+# stop nodeManager
+echo "Stopping nodemanagers"
 "${bin}/yarn-daemons.sh" --config "${YARN_CONF_DIR}"  stop nodemanager
-# start proxyserver
+# stop proxyserver
 #"${HADOOP_YARN_HOME}/bin/yarn" --config "${YARN_CONF_DIR}" --daemon stop proxyserver