diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 655216e4671..6394cd4df49 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@ Release 2.7.0 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-11332. KerberosAuthenticator#doSpnegoSequence should check if
     kerberos TGT is available in the subject. (Dian Fu via atm)
 
+    HADOOP-11348. Remove unused variable from CMake error message for finding
+    openssl (Dian Fu via Colin P. McCabe)
+
 Release 2.6.0 - 2014-11-18
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/CMakeLists.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/CMakeLists.txt
index b8ac460dd95..29fa2b8f50a 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ if (USABLE_OPENSSL)
         "${D}/crypto/OpensslCipher.c"
         "${D}/crypto/random/OpensslSecureRandom.c")
 else (USABLE_OPENSSL)
-    MESSAGE("Cannot find a usable OpenSSL library.  OPENSSL_LIBRARY=${OPENSSL_LIBRARY}, OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR=${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}, CUSTOM_OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR=${CUSTOM_OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}, CUSTOM_OPENSSL_PREFIX=${CUSTOM_OPENSSL_PREFIX}, CUSTOM_OPENSSL_INCLUDE=${CUSTOM_OPENSSL_INCLUDE}")
+    MESSAGE("Cannot find a usable OpenSSL library.  OPENSSL_LIBRARY=${OPENSSL_LIBRARY}, OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR=${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}, CUSTOM_OPENSSL_LIB=${CUSTOM_OPENSSL_LIB}, CUSTOM_OPENSSL_PREFIX=${CUSTOM_OPENSSL_PREFIX}, CUSTOM_OPENSSL_INCLUDE=${CUSTOM_OPENSSL_INCLUDE}")
     IF(REQUIRE_OPENSSL)
         MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "Terminating build because require.openssl was specified.")
     ENDIF(REQUIRE_OPENSSL)