diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index d020009f323..6dcc48e0e65 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -482,6 +482,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-8407. hdfsListDirectory must set errno to 0 on success (Masatake
     Iwasaki via Colin P. McCabe)
 
+    HDFS-7401. Add block info to DFSInputStream' WARN message when it adds
+    node to deadNodes (Arshad Mohammad via vinayakumarb)
+
 Release 2.7.1 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSInputStream.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSInputStream.java
index d1e0b9a5931..8a3f730952b 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSInputStream.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSInputStream.java
@@ -631,8 +631,8 @@ implements ByteBufferReadable, CanSetDropBehind, CanSetReadahead,
           fetchBlockAt(target);
         } else {
           connectFailedOnce = true;
-          DFSClient.LOG.warn("Failed to connect to " + targetAddr + " for block"
-            + ", add to deadNodes and continue. " + ex, ex);
+          DFSClient.LOG.warn("Failed to connect to " + targetAddr + " for block "
+            +targetBlock.getBlock()+ ", add to deadNodes and continue. " + ex, ex);
           // Put chosen node into dead list, continue
           addToDeadNodes(chosenNode);
         }