diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/shell/SnapshotCommands.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/shell/SnapshotCommands.java
index ed687c14a61..570e442c282 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/shell/SnapshotCommands.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/shell/SnapshotCommands.java
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class SnapshotCommands extends FsCommand {
     protected void processArguments(LinkedList<PathData> items)
     throws IOException {
       super.processArguments(items);
-      if (exitCode != 0) { // check for error collecting paths
+      if (numErrors != 0) { // check for error collecting paths
         return;
       }
       assert(items.size() == 1);
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class SnapshotCommands extends FsCommand {
     protected void processArguments(LinkedList<PathData> items)
         throws IOException {
       super.processArguments(items);
-      if (exitCode != 0) { // check for error collecting paths
+      if (numErrors != 0) { // check for error collecting paths
         return;
       }
       assert (items.size() == 1);
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ class SnapshotCommands extends FsCommand {
     protected void processArguments(LinkedList<PathData> items)
         throws IOException {
       super.processArguments(items);
-      if (exitCode != 0) { // check for error collecting paths
+      if (numErrors != 0) { // check for error collecting paths
         return;
       }
       Preconditions.checkArgument(items.size() == 1);
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 15e7a1b367e..b2b285ecb05 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -319,6 +319,9 @@ Release 2.1.1-beta - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-2933. Improve DataNode Web UI Index Page. (Vivek Ganesan via
     Arpit Agarwal)
 
+    HDFS-5111. Remove duplicated error message for snapshot commands when 
+    processing invalid arguments. (jing9)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
   BUG FIXES