diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index fadf930e8bf..79ebb63dd3e 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -570,6 +570,9 @@ Release 2.0.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-3309. HttpFS (Hoop) chmod not supporting octal and sticky bit 
     permissions. (tucu)
 
+    HDFS-3326. Append enabled log message uses the wrong variable.
+    (Matthew Jacobs via eli)
+
   BREAKDOWN OF HDFS-1623 SUBTASKS
 
     HDFS-2179. Add fencing framework and mechanisms for NameNode HA. (todd)
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
index 790212182bb..b1686d0eb44 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ public static FSNamesystem loadFromDisk(Configuration conf,
 
       this.accessTimePrecision = conf.getLong(DFS_NAMENODE_ACCESSTIME_PRECISION_KEY, 0);
       this.supportAppends = conf.getBoolean(DFS_SUPPORT_APPEND_KEY, DFS_SUPPORT_APPEND_DEFAULT);
-      LOG.info("Append Enabled: " + haEnabled);
+      LOG.info("Append Enabled: " + supportAppends);
 
       this.dtpReplaceDatanodeOnFailure = ReplaceDatanodeOnFailure.get(conf);