diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index 5d71309d318..de372342d71 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -293,6 +293,9 @@ Release 0.23.1 - Unreleased
     in the correct directory to work properly in secure mode. (Hitesh Shah via
     vinodkv)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-3541. Fix broken TestJobQueueClient test. (Ravi Prakash via 
+    mahadev)
+
 Release 0.23.0 - 2011-11-01 
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/JobQueueClient.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/JobQueueClient.java
index c7834adb7e5..44669ec686f 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/JobQueueClient.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/JobQueueClient.java
@@ -109,7 +109,14 @@ class JobQueueClient extends Configured implements Tool {
     return exitcode;
   }
 
+// format and print information about the passed in job queue.
+  void printJobQueueInfo(JobQueueInfo jobQueueInfo, Writer writer)
+    throws IOException {
+    printJobQueueInfo(jobQueueInfo, writer, "");
+  }
+
   // format and print information about the passed in job queue.
+  @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
   void printJobQueueInfo(JobQueueInfo jobQueueInfo, Writer writer,
     String prefix) throws IOException {
     if (jobQueueInfo == null) {
@@ -136,7 +143,7 @@ class JobQueueClient extends Configured implements Tool {
   private void displayQueueList() throws IOException {
     JobQueueInfo[] rootQueues = jc.getRootQueues();
     for (JobQueueInfo queue : rootQueues) {
-      printJobQueueInfo(queue, new PrintWriter(System.out), "");
+      printJobQueueInfo(queue, new PrintWriter(System.out));
     }
   }
   
@@ -174,7 +181,7 @@ class JobQueueClient extends Configured implements Tool {
       System.out.println("Queue \"" + queue + "\" does not exist.");
       return;
     }
-    printJobQueueInfo(jobQueueInfo, new PrintWriter(System.out), "");
+    printJobQueueInfo(jobQueueInfo, new PrintWriter(System.out));
     if (showJobs && (jobQueueInfo.getChildren() == null ||
         jobQueueInfo.getChildren().size() == 0)) {
       JobStatus[] jobs = jc.getJobsFromQueue(queue);
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/TestJobQueueClient.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/TestJobQueueClient.java
index 636b12a89dc..491516995f5 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/TestJobQueueClient.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/TestJobQueueClient.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public class TestJobQueueClient {
 
     ByteArrayOutputStream bbos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
     PrintWriter writer = new PrintWriter(bbos);
-    queueClient.printJobQueueInfo(parent, writer, "");
+    queueClient.printJobQueueInfo(parent, writer);
 
     Assert.assertTrue("printJobQueueInfo did not print grandchild's name",
       bbos.toString().contains("GrandChildQueue"));
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/src/test/mapred/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/TestJobQueueClient.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/src/test/mapred/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/TestJobQueueClient.java
index 7b9f3c1c3b9..d25a165f435 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/src/test/mapred/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/TestJobQueueClient.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/src/test/mapred/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/TestJobQueueClient.java
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ import java.io.StringWriter;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import junit.framework.Assert;
+
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.QueueInfo;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -79,14 +81,11 @@ public class TestJobQueueClient {
     StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
     client.printJobQueueInfo(root, writer);
     
-    StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
-    sb.append("Queue Name : q1 \n");
-    sb.append("Queue State : running \n");
-    sb.append("Scheduling Info : q1 scheduling info \n");
-    sb.append("Child Queues : q1:1, q1:2\n");
-    sb.append("======================\n");
-    
-    assertEquals(sb.toString(), writer.toString());
+    Assert.assertTrue(writer.toString().contains("Queue Name : q1"));
+    Assert.assertTrue(writer.toString().contains("Queue State : running"));
+    Assert.assertTrue(writer.toString().contains("Scheduling Info : q1 scheduling info"));
+    Assert.assertTrue(writer.toString().contains("Queue Name : q1:1"));
+    Assert.assertTrue(writer.toString().contains("Queue Name : q1:2"));
   }
   
   @Test