diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 8d3b0d0b497..caee5e865ea 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ Release 2.0.3-alpha - Unreleased
 
     HDFS-3571. Allow EditLogFileInputStream to read from a remote URL (todd)
 
+    HDFS-4110. Refine a log printed in JNStorage. (Liang Xie via suresh)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
   BUG FIXES 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/server/JNStorage.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/server/JNStorage.java
index bb28e62ab03..b2f65debc57 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/server/JNStorage.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/server/JNStorage.java
@@ -171,8 +171,7 @@ class JNStorage extends Storage {
 
   void format(NamespaceInfo nsInfo) throws IOException {
     setStorageInfo(nsInfo);
-    LOG.info("Formatting journal storage directory " + 
-        sd + " with nsid: " + getNamespaceID());
+    LOG.info("Formatting journal " + sd + " with nsid: " + getNamespaceID());
     // Unlock the directory before formatting, because we will
     // re-analyze it after format(). The analyzeStorage() call
     // below is reponsible for re-locking it. This is a no-op