diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index af82c0b1a84..bc74696454d 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -797,6 +797,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-11959. WASB should configure client side socket timeout in storage
     client blob request options. (Ivan Mitic via cnauroth)
 
+    HADOOP-12042. Users may see TrashPolicy if hdfs dfs -rm is run
+    (Andreina J via vinayakumarb)
+
 Release 2.7.1 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TrashPolicyDefault.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TrashPolicyDefault.java
index d6a9b4b6222..88aeab58ab3 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TrashPolicyDefault.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TrashPolicyDefault.java
@@ -89,9 +89,6 @@ public class TrashPolicyDefault extends TrashPolicy {
     this.emptierInterval = (long)(conf.getFloat(
         FS_TRASH_CHECKPOINT_INTERVAL_KEY, FS_TRASH_CHECKPOINT_INTERVAL_DEFAULT)
         * MSECS_PER_MINUTE);
-    LOG.info("Namenode trash configuration: Deletion interval = " +
-             (this.deletionInterval / MSECS_PER_MINUTE) + " minutes, Emptier interval = " +
-             (this.emptierInterval / MSECS_PER_MINUTE) + " minutes.");
    }
 
   private Path makeTrashRelativePath(Path basePath, Path rmFilePath) {
@@ -251,6 +248,10 @@ public class TrashPolicyDefault extends TrashPolicy {
                  " minutes that is used for deletion instead");
         this.emptierInterval = deletionInterval;
       }
+      LOG.info("Namenode trash configuration: Deletion interval = "
+          + (deletionInterval / MSECS_PER_MINUTE)
+          + " minutes, Emptier interval = "
+          + (emptierInterval / MSECS_PER_MINUTE) + " minutes.");
     }
 
     @Override